Imran Khan Niazi

About

I have been working for over a decade as an active researcher in physical and neural rehabilitation, focusing on non-pharmacological/conservative modes of treatment to optimize the patient's rehabilitation journey and improve their quality of life. I have extensive experience working in multidisciplinary teams, including chiropractors, physiotherapists, medical doctors, engineers, and neuroscientists, with a robust patient-centred, evidence-informed approach.

Employment

• New Zealand College of Chiropractic Director Research/Dean of Innovation and Technology
  2021 - Present
• Auckland University of Technology Associate Professor (Adjunct)
  2021 - Present
• New Zealand College of Chiropractic Senior Research Fellow
  2016 - 2021
• Auckland University of Technology Senior Research Officier
  2016 - 2021
• Auckland University of Technology Researcher
  2014 - 2016
• Aalborg Universitet Guest Researcher
  2013 - Present
• New Zealand College of Chiropractic Research Fellow
  2013 - 2016
• Aalborg Universitet Research Assitant Professor
  2012 - 2013
• Aalborg Universitet PhD Fellow
  2009 - 2012
• Aalborg University
  ? - 2026

Education

• Aalborg Universitet PhD
  2009 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (267)

• Using patient-reported experience measures to evaluate a community-based chiropractic outreach programme in Rarotonga, Cook Islands
  PEC Global 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.pecglo.2026.100018
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• Single-channel EEG denoising and artifact removal: a systematic scoping review of methods, benchmarking, and reproducibility
  Journal of Neural Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/aeb0ce
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• Balance and Mobility Impairment in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease Before and After Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review
  Journal of Clinical Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.3390/jcm15176657
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• Chiropractic Care Is Associated with Frequency-Specific Reorganisation of Triple-Network Brain Dynamics: A Source-Localised EEG Study
  Brain Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci16080818
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• Eight weeks of focal muscle vibration shows improvements in muscle co-ordination and co-contraction in cerebral palsy children
  Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-026-02066-8
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• NeuroStat: An Open-Source EEG Connectivity Platform for Randomised Controlled Trials
  Sensors 2026 DOI: 10.3390/s26134019
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• Nonlinear EEG Complexity as a Marker of Maladaptive Brain Plasticity in Substance Use Disorders: A Multi-Group Machine Learning Classification Study
  Brain Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci16060603
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• Oracle Upper Bounds on Clean-EEG Recoverability from Single-Channel Decompositions Under EOG/EMG Contamination
  Sensors 2026 DOI: 10.3390/s26092581
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• Multi-head noise regression for single-channel EEG: estimating ocular and muscle contamination to guide artifact removal
  Journal of Neural Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ae541d
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• Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity of Urdu Version of Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire in Non-Specific Low Back Pain Patients
  Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.5535/arm.250155
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• Post-COVID-19 quality of life trajectories in chiropractic health professional students in the context of institutional wellbeing interventions in Aotearoa New Zealand
  Discover Public Health 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-01330-x
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• SPAR-EEG: Selective Pass-Wise Artifact Reduction for Wearable Single-Channel EEG Denoising
  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2026.3734253
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• South Asian Migrants' Perception and Experiences of Physical Activity, Exercise and Exercise Therapy: A Scoping Review and Qualitative Analysis
  JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH 2026 DOI: 10.1007/S10903-026-01924-W
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• The effects of unilateral nostril breathing on brain functional network activity: a pilot study
  Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-025-01782-x
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• Unique RNA Gene Expression Profile Is Seen in Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025 DOI: 10.3390/ijms27010287
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• Effectiveness of focal muscle vibrations in improving sensorimotor performance, mobility and strength in spinal cord injury population
  BMJ Open 2025 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110054
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• The effects of 12 weeks of chiropractic spinal adjustments on physiological biomarkers in adults: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial
  PLOS One 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0338730
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• A comparative analysis of palpatory acuity in chiropractic students between 2015 and 2024
  BMC Medical Education 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-025-08073-y
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• Clustering-Based Balance Phenotyping in Older Adults from Treadmill Training Interventions
  2025 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData) 2025 DOI: 10.1109/BigData66926.2025.11401477
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• Effects of Balance-Based Exergame Training With Variable Difficulty on Balance and Spatiotemporal Gait Outcomes in Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Randomized Controlled Trial
  JMIR Serious Games 2025 DOI: 10.2196/74092
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