Pain

Papers
(The median citation count of Pain is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Impact of spinal cord stimulation on sick leave and disability pension in patients with chronic neuropathic pain: a real-world evidence study in Sweden508
Randomized controlled trial of intrathecal oxytocin on speed of recovery after hip arthroplasty298
Mediators of the association between childhood trauma and pain sensitivity in adulthood: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network analysis144
A within-subject, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized evaluation of the combined effects of cannabidiol and hydromorphone in a human laboratory pain model113
Nerve pathology and neuropathic pain after whiplash injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis97
Validation of the pediatric version of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale Revised in school-aged children and adolescents83
What is known and what is still unknown within chronic musculoskeletal pain? A systematic evidence and gap map77
Combination pharmacotherapy for the treatment of neuropathic pain in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis71
Reply to Venda Nova et al.65
Autoantibodies in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome61
Perioperative oxidative stress predicts subsequent pain-related outcomes in the 6 months after total knee arthroplasty58
Association between prescribed opioid dose and risk of motor vehicle crashes58
Maddalena Opioid Switching Score in patients with cancer pain58
Reply to Gholamrezaei and Ashton-James57
Visually evoked pain and its extinction using virtual reality in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome type II57
Improving the art and science of communication in people living with chronic pain56
Reply to Riddle55
Beyond social support: in search of psychosocial predictors of chronic postsurgical pain55
Delphi study to explore a new diagnosis for “ineffective” long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain53
Encoding of inflammatory hyperalgesia in mouse spinal cord51
Reply to Currie et al.49
Mismatched opioid prescription in patients discharged after neurological surgeries: a retrospective cohort study49
External validation and updating of prognostic prediction models for nonrecovery among older adults seeking primary care for back pain47
UnCRMPing Nav1.7 to treat trigeminal neuropathic pain47
Placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia in patients with Alzheimer disease and healthy participants46
Practical nonpharmacologic pain interventions for hospitalized cancer patients45
Commentary on: A systematic review of self and observer assessment of pain and related functioning in youth with brain-based developmental disabilities42
The prevalence of persistent post-traumatic headache in adult civilian traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the past 14 years42
Neurobiology and long-term impact of bladder-filling pain in humans: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) research network study42
The role of evolving concepts and new technologies and approaches in advancing pain research, management, and education since the establishment of the International Association for the Study of Pain41
Future perspectives: the next fifty years of the International Association for the Study of Pain39
Patient engagement in designing, conducting, and disseminating clinical pain research: IMMPACT recommended considerations39
Fifty years of pain research and clinical advances: highlights and key trends39
Pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract mediate endorphinergic endogenous analgesia in mice38
Cognitive decline over time in patients with chronic pain and headache: how can different outcomes be explained?38
Diagnosis of neuropathic pain in polyneuropathy: should screening questionnaires be thrown out?38
Distinct and sex-specific expression of mu opioid receptors in anterior cingulate and somatosensory S1 cortical areas36
Autoantibodies from patients with complex regional pain syndrome induce pro-inflammatory effects and functional disturbances on endothelial cells in vitro36
A rose by another name? Characteristics that distinguish headache secondary to temporomandibular disorder from headache that is comorbid with temporomandibular disorder35
Reply to dos Santos Ferreira and Velly35
A synthesis of meta-analyses of mindfulness-based interventions in pain34
Effects of opioid rotation to buprenorphine/naloxone on pain, pain thresholds, pain tolerance, and quality of life in patients with chronic pain and opioid use disorder34
Reply to Yang and Lu33
The dynamics of pain avoidance: the exploration–exploitation dilemma32
The relationship between traumatic exposure and pain perception in children: the moderating role of posttraumatic symptoms32
Monoaminergic mediation of hyperalgesic and analgesic descending control of nociception in mice32
On the adverse effects of gabapentinoids32
Longitudinal examination of associations with the onset of pediatric chronic pain at different pain locations31
Data-driven identification of distinct pain drawing patterns and their association with clinical and psychological factors: a study of 21,123 patients with spinal pain31
Tools for assessing labour pain: a comprehensive review of research literature30
Painful distortions: people with painful knee osteoarthritis have biased visuospatial perception of the environment30
Long-term opioid therapy dose patterns in United States patients30
Emergence of nociceptive functionality and opioid signaling in human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived sensory neurons30
Rethinking clinically significant pain: a marker of recovery rather than a warning of injury30
Under the insula: a commentary on “electrostimulation of the white matter of the posterior insula and medial operculum: perception of vibrations, heat, and pain”29
Brain-predicted age difference estimated using DeepBrainNet is significantly associated with pain and function—a multi-institutional and multiscanner study29
Deoxy-sphingolipids, oxidative stress, and vitamin C correlate with qualitative and quantitative patterns of small fiber dysfunction and degeneration29
Benign or painful? The interpretation of pain and fear of progression in rheumatoid arthritis29
Vaporized cannabis extract–induced antinociception in male vs female rats with persistent inflammatory pain29
Adolescent pain: appraisal of the construct and trajectory prediction-by-symptom between age 12 and 17 years in a Canadian twin birth cohort29
Sex differences in visceral sensitivity and brain activity in a rat model of comorbid pain: a longitudinal study29
The social nature of human pain28
Reply to Huang and Chen27
Strengthening the pain care ecosystem to support equitable, person-centered, high-value musculoskeletal pain care27
Sex differences in chromatin structure within the dorsal root ganglion27
Individual differences in conditioned pain modulation are associated with functional connectivity within the descending antinociceptive pathway27
Randomized controlled trials of pain treatment: essential research tools, a framework for clinical care27
Promoting multidisciplinary pain management in low- and middle-income countries—challenges and achievements26
Stratified health care for low back pain using the STarT Back approach: holy grail or doomed to fail?26
Gray matter volume of limbic brain structures during the development of chronic back pain: a longitudinal cohort study25
Pain catastrophizing and pain anxiety mediate changes in physical function in a mind–body intervention for adults with traumatic orthopedic injuries25
Microbiome contributions to pain: a review of the preclinical literature25
Noninvasive targeted modulation of pain circuits with focused ultrasonic waves: Erratum25
Advanced neuroimaging of the trigeminal nerve and the whole brain in trigeminal neuralgia: a systematic review25
What has brain diffusion magnetic resonance imaging taught us about chronic primary pain: a narrative review25
High-frequency electrical stimulation increases cortical excitability and mechanical sensitivity in a chronic large animal model25
Species-specific differences and the role of Nav1.9 in pain pathophysiology25
Neuroanatomical evidence and a mouse calcitonin gene–related peptide model in line with human functional magnetic resonance imaging data support the involvement of peptidergic Edinger–Westphal nucleus24
The unmet mental health needs of U.S. adults living with chronic pain24
Chronic pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease24
Reductions in kinesiophobia and distress after pain neuroscience education and exercise lead to favourable outcomes: a secondary mediation analysis of a randomized controlled trial in primary care24
Effect of prolonged experimental neck pain on exercise-induced hypoalgesia24
Membrane potential instabilities in sensory neurons: mechanisms and pathophysiological relevance24
Targeted muscle reinnervation prevents and reverses rat pain behaviors after nerve transection24
The relationship between sustained hamstring pain and reorganisation of somatosensory representations: a randomised, controlled study24
Reply to Quintner24
Eveningness intensifies the association between musculoskeletal pain and health-related quality of life: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study 196624
NaViGating arthritis pain23
Investigating neuroepigenetic alterations in chronic low back pain with positron emission tomography23
Probing white matter microstructure in youth with chronic pain and its relation to catastrophizing using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging23
Refining lidocaine studies for inflammatory arthritis23
Peripherally restricted cannabinoid and mu-opioid receptor agonists synergistically attenuate neuropathic mechanical hypersensitivity in mice23
Pain is common after sexual assault and posttraumatic arousal/reactivity symptoms mediate the development of new or worsening persistent pain23
Reply to Torta and Meyers23
Validation of ICD-11 chronic pain severity specifiers for children and adolescents: an important step forward22
Pain after cancer: navigating the complexities and embracing psychological insights22
Spontaneous pain dynamics characterized by stochasticity in neural recordings of awake humans with chronic pain22
Impact of rescue medication in placebo-controlled trials of pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain and low back pain22
International Classification of Diseases-11 chronic pain severity specifiers for children and adolescents: a validation study22
Mortality after concurrent treatment with gabapentin and opioids in older adults with spine diagnoses22
Vagus nerve stimulation rescues persistent pain following orthopedic surgery in adult mice21
Exploring sex differences in alpha brain activity as a potential neuromarker associated with neuropathic pain21
Disruption of working memory and contralateral delay activity by nociceptive stimuli is modulated by task demands21
Effects of combined chemotherapy and anti-programmed cell death protein 1 treatment on peripheral neuropathy and neuroinflammation in mice21
Differential pain perception among females with or without nonspecific chronic low back pain and comorbid insomnia: a quantitative sensory testing analysis21
Looking beyond the obvious: the importance of outcomes and outcomes measures in trigeminal neuralgia21
Reply to Blatt21
Mechanisms of chronic pain in inflammatory rheumatism: the role of descending modulation21
Whiplash injuries associated with experienced pain and disability can be visualized with [11C]-D-deprenyl positron emission tomography and computed tomography21
A prospective long-term follow-up of dorsal root ganglion stimulation for the management of chronic intractable pain21
Associations between patient-reported functional disability and measures of physical ability in juvenile fibromyalgia20
Long-term opioid therapy unsettles us both coming and going20
Nitroxidative stress in pain and opioid-induced adverse effects: therapeutic opportunities20
Automated detection of squint as a sensitive assay of sex-dependent calcitonin gene–related peptide and amylin-induced pain in mice20
Vaso-occlusive crisis pain intensity, frequency, and duration: which best correlates with health-related quality of life in adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease?20
Information is power: a qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of patients with degenerative cervical radiculopathy20
Education can reassure people with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain: a 3-arm, randomised, online experiment20
Longitudinal study of early adaptation to the coronavirus disease pandemic among youth with chronic pain and their parents: effects of direct exposures and economic stress19
TRPM3-mediated dynamic mitochondrial activity in nerve growth factor–induced latent sensitization of chronic low back pain19
Chronic pain is specifically associated with updating working memory: a longitudinal twin study19
Relationship between gait complexity and pain attention in chronic low back pain19
Anoctamin 1/TMEM16A in pruritoceptors is essential for Mas-related G protein receptor–dependent itch19
Extended reality used in the treatment of phantom limb pain: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial19
Rare variant analyses in large-scale cohorts identified SLC13A1 associated with chronic pain19
Neuropathic pain and neurocognitive functioning in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia19
Spared nerve injury decreases motivation in long-access homecage-based operant tasks in mice18
Sex differences in facial expressions of pain: results from a combined sample18
Behavioral characterization of G-protein-coupled receptor 160 knockout mice18
Induction of cluster headache after opening of adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channels: a randomized clinical trial18
Innovative cognitive behavioral therapies for irritable bowel syndrome: processes, predictors, platforms, and outcomes18
In memoriam: Joel D. Greenspan 1952 to 202118
Gut microbiota dysbiosis alters chronic pain behaviors in a humanized transgenic mouse model of sickle cell disease18
Adolescent ethanol exposure promotes mechanical allodynia and alters dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell18
Time-varying phase synchronization of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals a shift toward self-referential processes during sustained pain18
Pharmacologically enabling the degradation of NaV1.8 channels to reduce neuropathic pain17
Statistical modeling of acute and chronic pain patient-reported outcomes obtained from ecological momentary assessment17
Biodegradable nanoparticles targeting circulating immune cells reduce central and peripheral sensitization to alleviate neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury17
Personalised decision support in the management of patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary physiotherapy care: a cluster randomised controlled trial (the SupportPrim project)17
Towards harmonizing the concepts and definitions of pain in the World Health Organization's Family of International Classifications17
Dynamics of brain function in patients with chronic pain assessed by microstate analysis of resting-state electroencephalography17
Intrinsic and synaptic properties of adult mouse spinoperiaqueductal gray neurons and the influence of neonatal tissue damage17
Pain management in older adults: facts to consider17
Treatment effect modifiers for individuals with acute low back pain: secondary analysis of the TARGET trial17
Nociplastic pain: helping to explain disconnect between pain and pathology17
On the importance of baseline pain intensity and measurement methods17
Immigration background as a risk factor of chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain in children and adolescents living in Spain: differences as a function of age16
Regression to the mean, heteroscedasticity, and prognostic imbalance in randomized controlled trials: a call for graphical methods16
A peripheral CB2 cannabinoid receptor mechanism suppresses chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: evidence from a CB2 reporter mouse16
Description and initial validation of a novel measure of pain intensity: the Numeric Rating Scale of Underlying Pain without concurrent Analgesic use16
Expression of ectopic heat shock protein 90 in male and female primary afferent nociceptors regulates inflammatory pain16
A global look at RNA splicing in human dorsal root ganglion: ex uno plures16
Independent effects of transcranial direct current stimulation and social influence on pain16
Discrimination as one of the social plights facing people with pain16
Peripheral or central origin of chronic pain? Mu!16
Reply to Zhao et al.16
Tyrosine kinase type A–specific signalling pathways are critical for mechanical allodynia development and bone alterations in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis16
Recent developments and challenges in positron emission tomography imaging of gliosis in chronic neuropathic pain16
Protein arginine methyltransferase 7 modulates neuronal excitability by interacting with NaV1.916
Orai1 is a crucial downstream partner of group I metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling in dorsal horn neurons16
Psychiatric disorders, personality traits, and childhood traumatic events predicting incidence and persistence of chronic pain: results from the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus study15
Characteristics of retracted publications related to pain research: a systematic review15
Widespread hyperexcitability of nociceptor somata outlasts enhanced avoidance behavior after incision injury15
Reply to Huang and Lu15
Adenosine causes short-lasting vasodilation and headache but not migraine attacks in migraine patients: a randomized clinical trial15
Risk of adverse outcomes during gabapentinoid therapy and factors associated with increased risk in UK primary care using the clinical practice research datalink: a cohort study15
Preparing the brain for pain: new insights and potential biomarkers15
Neuropilin-1 is essential for vascular endothelial growth factor A–mediated increase of sensory neuron activity and development of pain-like behaviors15
Biomarkers of stress as mind–body intervention outcomes for chronic pain: an evaluation of constructs and accepted measurement15
TRPA1 rare variants in chronic neuropathic and nociplastic pain patients15
Novel proresolving lipid mediator mimetic 3-oxa-PD1n-3 docosapentaenoic acid reduces acute and chronic itch by modulating excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission and astroglial secretion of li15
Neuronal basis for pain-like and anxiety-like behaviors in the central nucleus of the amygdala15
Spatial illusion of pain: the influence of nociception on body ownership15
Genome-wide association study of pain sensitivity assessed by questionnaire and the cold pressor test14
Deep learning modelling of structural brain MRI in chronic head and neck pain after mild TBI14
Patient outcomes after opioid dose reduction among patients with chronic opioid therapy14
Altered pain sensitivity in 5×familial Alzheimer disease mice is associated with dendritic spine loss in anterior cingulate cortex pyramidal neurons14
Bruxism, temporomandibular disorders, and headache: a narrative review of correlations and causalities14
Childhood trauma and the use of opioids and other prescription analgesics in adolescence and young adulthood: The HUNT Study14
Cortical function and sensorimotor plasticity are prognostic factors associated with future low back pain after an acute episode: the Understanding persistent Pain Where it ResiDes prospective cohort 14
Effect of intraoperative methadone vs other opioids on postoperative outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies14
Genetic and functional evidence for gp130/IL6ST-induced transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 upregulation in uninjured but not injured neurons in a mouse model of neuropathic pain14
Updated recommendations on measures for clinical trials in pediatric chronic pain: a multiphase approach from the Core Outcomes in Pediatric Persistent Pain (Core-OPPP) Workgroup14
Partnering with patients in clinical trials of pain treatments: a narrative review14
Persistent opioid use after hospital admission due to trauma: a population-based cohort study14
Activation of GABAergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus alleviates hyperalgesia induced by ovarian hormone withdrawal14
Unrelieved pain and risk of opioid use disorder or overdose in older adults prescribed opioids14
Diversity of inhibitory and excitatory parvalbumin interneuron circuits in the dorsal horn14
Trigeminal neuralgia and its comorbidities: a nationwide disease trajectory study14
Pediatric chronic pain grading: a revised classification of the severity of pediatric chronic pain14
Astrocytes in the rostral ventromedial medulla mediate the analgesic effect of electroacupuncture in a rodent model of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathic pain14
Fibromyalgia patients with elevated levels of anti–satellite glia cell immunoglobulin G antibodies present with more severe symptoms13
Targeting intrinsically disordered regions facilitates discovery of calcium channels 3.2 inhibitory peptides for adeno-associated virus–mediated peripheral analgesia13
Opioid deprescribing in patients with chronic noncancer pain: a systematic review of international guidelines13
Microglia senescence is related to neuropathic pain–associated comorbidities in the spared nerve injury model13
At my own pace, space, and place: a systematic review of qualitative studies of enablers and barriers to telehealth interventions for people with chronic pain13
Mitochondrial calcium uniporter deletion prevents painful diabetic neuropathy by restoring mitochondrial morphology and dynamics13
Reconsidering Fordyce's classic article, “Pain and suffering: what is the unit?” to help make our model of chronic pain truly biopsychosocial13
Was it “conditioned” or “suggested” pain? Reply to S. Kang et al.13
Intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment for children and adolescents with chronic noncancer pain: a preregistered systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis13
Development and evaluation of the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) pediatric pain quality item bank and short form13
Activation of TGR5 in the injured nerve site according to a prevention protocol mitigates partial sciatic nerve ligation–induced neuropathic pain by alleviating neuroinflammation13
Transcranial direct current stimulation of 3 cortical targets is no more effective than placebo as treatment for fibromyalgia: a double-blind sham-controlled clinical trial13
Chronic pain conditions and use of analgesics among nursing home patients with dementia13
Differential expression of a brain aging biomarker across discrete chronic pain disorders13
In search of conditioned pain: an experimental analysis13
Selective androgen receptor modulator microparticle formulation reverses muscle hyperalgesia in a mouse model of widespread muscle pain13
Intersectional identity approach to chronic pain disparities using latent class analysis13
Proinflammatory cytokines and their receptors as druggable targets to alleviate pathological pain13
The prevalence of chronic pain in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis13
Chronic nociplastic pain affecting the musculoskeletal system: clinical criteria and grading system12
Peoples' beliefs about their chronic hip pain and its care: a systematic review of qualitative studies. “I'm just getting old and breaking down”12
Reply to Beaulieu12
The value of the International Association for the Study of Pain to career development: perspectives of trainee and early career members12
Taxonomy and pain clinic patients12
Paradoxical heat sensation as a manifestation of thermal hypesthesia: a study of 1090 patients with lesions of the somatosensory system12
Benefit–risk assessment and reporting in clinical trials of chronic pain treatments: IMMPACT recommendations12
Barriers and enablers to exercise adherence in people with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a systematic review of qualitative evidence12
Signatures of chronic pain in multiple sclerosis: a machine learning approach to investigate trigeminal neuralgia12
Subcortical brain anatomy as a potential biomarker of persistent pain after total knee replacement in osteoarthritis12
Heart rate variability is not suitable as a surrogate marker for pain intensity in patients with chronic pain12
Reliability of quantitative sensory testing in the assessment of somatosensory function after high-frequency stimulation–induced sensitisation of central nociceptive pathways12
Preventing a prescription opioid epidemic in Switzerland12
Morphine-induced osteolysis and hypersensitivity is mediated through toll-like receptor-4 in a murine model of metastatic breast cancer12
Habituation to pain: self-report, electroencephalography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in healthy individuals. A scoping review and future recommendations12
Neurofilament light chain as a biomarker of axonal damage in sensory neurons and paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with ovarian cancer12
Neuronal–immune axis alters pain and sensory afferent damage during dental pulp injury12
Message from the president of the International Association for the Study of Pain12
Reply to Russo et al.12
Association between physiotherapy utilization and medical healthcare utilization and costs in adults with back pain from Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study12
Sex differences in pain expressed by patients across diverse disease states: individual patient data meta-analysis of 33,957 participants in 10 randomized controlled trials12
Sex effects in the interaction of acute stress and pain perception12
The T-type calcium channel CaV3.2 regulates bladder afferent responses to mechanical stimuli11
Call to focus on digital health technologies in hospitalized children's pain care: clinician experts' qualitative insights on optimizing electronic medical records to improve care11
Machine learning-based identification of determinants for rehabilitation success and future healthcare use prevention in patients with high-grade, chronic, nonspecific low back pain: an individual dat11
Sex differences in medical cannabis-related adverse effects? Do not forget the context!11
Migraine chronification is associated with beta-band connectivity within the pain-related cortical regions: a magnetoencephalographic study11
Achieving reliable pain change scores for individuals in the postoperative phase: carefully choose sampling density, test length, and administration mode11
Reply to Mickle and Sibille11
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pain and psychological functioning in young adults with chronic pain11
Brain predictors of multisite pain onset in children11
Reply to dos Santos Ferreira and Velly11
Evolution of somatosensory processing signs after nociceptive targeted surgery in patients with musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review11
Diagnostic accuracy of the Pain (P), Enjoyment (E), and General activity (G) scale, a three-item questionnaire, for grading the impact of orofacial pain-related dysfunction11
Activation of cannabinoid receptors by the pentacyclic triterpene α,β-amyrin inhibits inflammatory and neuropathic persistent pain in mice: erratum11
Narrative bias (“spin”) is common in randomised trials and systematic reviews of cannabinoids for pain11
Cortical mechanisms of visual hypersensitivity in women at risk for chronic pelvic pain11
Pain memory in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis with a meta-regression11
The burden of preoperative fear-avoidance beliefs in workers after thoracic and lumbar spine surgery: a 2-year follow-up study11
Job stress and chronic and widespread musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional analysis from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health Musculoskeletal11
Functional significance of macrophage-derived exosomes in inflammation and pain: erratum11
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