Dr. Fernández de las Peñas PT, DO, PhD, currently holds faculty positions in the Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Esthesiology Laboratory, at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain; and the Centre for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. He has published over 100 publications concentrating on clinical human pain research, drug screening and interaction between motor control and chronic pain. The most relevant topics of his research are focused on neck pain, headache and neuro-physiological effects of manual therapy. His research activities are concentrated on biomedical sciences within neuroscience with specific research areas on pain and assessment of pain in volunteers and chronic pain patients, and a main focus on human clinical chronic pain research. He has participated in over 50 conferences with related published abstracts/ proceedings and he has given several lectures at Spanish and foreign universities and hospitals. He also lectures at international meetings/workshops/seminars. He is a supervisor of PhD students, and he is founder and head of the Esthesiology Laboratory, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Along with his university teaching experience, he has experience teaching physiotherapists, and he has held specialized courses for medical doctors within neurology and orthopaedics. Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, MDO is a practicing naturopath, osteopath, and acupuncturist in the United Kingdom, with over forty years clinical experience, Chaitow is Editor-in-Chief, of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. He regularly lectures in the United States as well as Europe where he instructs physiotherapists (Holland and USA), osteopaths (Spain and UK), chiropractors (Denmark, USA and UK) as well as massage therapists (Ireland, Sweden, USA). He is a senior lecturer by London's University of Westminster on under and postgraduate courses in therapeutic bodywork and naturopathy. In 1993, he became the first naturopath/osteopath to be appointed as consultant to a UK government-funded conventional medical practice. He lives and practices in both the UK and Greece. A prolific author, Chaitow has written over 60 books on natural health and alternative medicine.
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