Pain

Papers
(The median citation count of Pain is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Chronic pain is specifically associated with updating working memory: a longitudinal twin study201
Personalised decision support in the management of patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary physiotherapy care: a cluster randomised controlled trial (the SupportPrim project)106
Widespread hyperexcitability of nociceptor somata outlasts enhanced avoidance behavior after incision injury105
Description and initial validation of a novel measure of pain intensity: the Numeric Rating Scale of Underlying Pain without concurrent Analgesic use92
Subjective salience ratings are a reliable proxy for physiological measures of arousal79
Painful distortions: people with painful knee osteoarthritis have biased visuospatial perception of the environment79
Neuropathic pain and neurocognitive functioning in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia75
Automated detection of squint as a sensitive assay of sex-dependent calcitonin gene–related peptide and amylin-induced pain in mice73
Reply to Venda Nova et al.73
Improving the art and science of communication in people living with chronic pain71
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?69
Intrinsic and synaptic properties of adult mouse spinoperiaqueductal gray neurons and the influence of neonatal tissue damage68
Statistical modeling of acute and chronic pain patient-reported outcomes obtained from ecological momentary assessment65
Neuropilin-1 is essential for vascular endothelial growth factor A–mediated increase of sensory neuron activity and development of pain-like behaviors65
Adenosine causes short-lasting vasodilation and headache but not migraine attacks in migraine patients: a randomized clinical trial61
Innovative cognitive behavioral therapies for irritable bowel syndrome: processes, predictors, platforms, and outcomes60
Translational control by general control nonderepressible 2 kinase regulates methylglyoxal-induced pain in mice60
Reply to dos Santos Ferreira and Velly58
Reply to Quintner55
Association between prescribed opioid dose and risk of motor vehicle crashes50
Childhood trauma and the use of opioids and other prescription analgesics in adolescence and young adulthood: The HUNT Study46
Reply to Currie et al.43
Future perspectives: the next fifty years of the International Association for the Study of Pain43
Gut microbiota dysbiosis alters chronic pain behaviors in a humanized transgenic mouse model of sickle cell disease43
Pediatric chronic pain grading: a revised classification of the severity of pediatric chronic pain42
Sex differences in pain expressed by patients across diverse disease states: individual patient data meta-analysis of 33,957 participants in 10 randomized controlled trials40
White matter microstructural associations with pain experiences in a large community sample of youth39
Unrelieved pain and risk of opioid use disorder or overdose in older adults prescribed opioids38
Validation of ICD-11 chronic pain severity specifiers for children and adolescents: an important step forward38
Diagnostic accuracy of quantitative sensory testing for detecting small fiber impairment in polyneuropathy and diagnosing small fiber neuropathy38
Sex differences in facial expressions of pain: results from a combined sample37
Data-driven identification of distinct pain drawing patterns and their association with clinical and psychological factors: a study of 21,123 patients with spinal pain36
The social nature of human pain36
Benign or painful? The interpretation of pain and fear of progression in rheumatoid arthritis35
TRPA1 rare variants in chronic neuropathic and nociplastic pain patients35
Sex differences in visceral sensitivity and brain activity in a rat model of comorbid pain: a longitudinal study35
Gaining a new footing on molecular mechanisms of neuropathic pain in patients34
Formation of perineuronal nets within a thalamocortical circuit shapes mechanical and thermal pain thresholds in mice with neuropathic pain34
Autoantibodies in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome34
On the adverse effects of gabapentinoids34
Application of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging in characterizing brain microstructural changes in classical trigeminal neuralgia and a comparison between the left and right sides34
Peripheral and central neurobiological effects of botulinum toxin A (BoNT/A) in neuropathic pain: a systematic review33
Who develops chronic pain after an acute lower limb injury? A longitudinal study of children and adolescents32
The impact of chronic pain on brain gene expression32
Decrease in pain perception during acute SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case series31
Increasing risk of cannabis use disorder among U.S. veterans with chronic pain: 2005-201931
Effect modifiers of virtual reality in pain management: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis30
The biopsychosocial model of pain 40 years on: time for a reappraisal?30
Region-specific changes in brain glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid across the migraine attack in children and adolescents30
Prevalence and correlates of “undiagnosed pain”—Evidence from the US national Medical Expenditure Panel Survey30
Opioid dose and pain effects of an online pain self-management program to augment usual care in adults with chronic pain: a multisite randomized clinical trial29
Educational needs and preferences of adult patients with acute pain: a mixed-methods systematic review29
Incidence of chronic pelvic pain after childbirth and its causal association with C-section29
Progression trajectories of chronic overlapping pain conditions unveiled across two large clinical data warehouses29
[11C]-PBR28 positron emission tomography signal as an imaging marker of joint inflammation in knee osteoarthritis29
TRESK background potassium channel regulates MrgprA3+ pruriceptor excitability, acute and chronic itch29
Reply to Andrassy and Mukhdomi29
Reliability of quantitative sensory testing in the assessment of somatosensory function after high-frequency stimulation–induced sensitisation of central nociceptive pathways29
Multisite chronic pain as a causal risk factor for coronary artery disease: findings from Mendelian randomization28
Paradoxical heat sensation as a manifestation of thermal hypesthesia: a study of 1090 patients with lesions of the somatosensory system: erratum28
Alzheimer disease may compromise patients' ability for expectancy-based pain modulation. Now what?28
Association between physiotherapy utilization and medical healthcare utilization and costs in adults with back pain from Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study28
Can we improve patient outcomes through using evidence-based opioid deprescribing guidelines to reduce opioid use?28
Analgesia and peripheral c-fiber modulation by selective Nav1.8 inhibition in rhesus28
Commentary: social disparities in pain26
Rejuvenation alleviates prolonged postsurgical pain in aging mice by mitigating inflammaging26
Efficacy and safety of eliapixant in diabetic neuropathic pain and prediction of placebo responders with an exploratory novel algorithm: results from the randomized controlled phase 2a PUCCINI study26
Adjunctive virtual reality pain relief after traumatic injury: a proof-of-concept within-person randomized trial26
Social support and the association between post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for long-term prescription opioid use26
Social integration of adolescents with chronic pain: a social network analysis25
Assessing spontaneous sensory neuron activity using in vivo calcium imaging25
Abdominoplasty as an acute postoperative pain model: insights from 8 years of clinical trials25
Neuroendocrine mechanisms in oxaliplatin-induced hyperalgesic priming24
Converging inputs compete at the lateral parabrachial nuclei to dictate the affective-motivational responses to cold pain24
Dose–response relationship and effect modifier of stabilisation exercises in nonspecific low back pain: a project-wide individual patient data re-analysis on 1483 intervention participants24
Open data sharing: what could possibly go wrong?23
Digging deeper into pain: an ethological behavior assay correlating well-being in mice with human pain experience23
ARMS/Kidins220 regulates nociception by controlling brain-derived neurotrophic factor secretion23
A syngeneic inoculation mouse model of endometriosis that develops multiple comorbid visceral and cutaneous pain like behaviours23
Inflammatory reactivity is unrelated to childhood adversity or provoked modulation of nociception23
Renaming burning mouth syndrome: implications and use for the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Burning Mouth Syndrome23
Agreement between youth and caregiver report of pain and functioning in pediatric sickle cell disease: PedsQL sickle cell disease module22
Effects of commonly used analgesics on sleep architecture: a topical review22
Resting-state occipital alpha power is associated with treatment outcome in patients with chronic migraine22
Efficacy and safety of pharmacological, physical, and psychological interventions for the management of chronic pain in children: a WHO systematic review and meta-analysis: Erratum22
Pain relief after topical capsaicin: does it result from nociceptor degeneration or regeneration?22
Pain's puzzle pieces: MAGI-1, NaV1.8, degradation, analgesia22
Spinal mitochondrial-derived peroxynitrite enhances neuroimmune activation during morphine hyperalgesia and antinociceptive tolerance: Erratum22
Genetic associations of neuropathic pain and sensory profile in a deeply phenotyped neuropathy cohort22
Reply to Hoegh et al.22
Multi-omic integration with human dorsal root ganglia proteomics highlights TNFα signalling as a relevant sexually dimorphic pathway22
A phenotypic screening platform for chronic pain therapeutics using all-optical electrophysiology22
To persist or not to persist? The dilemma of goal adjustment in chronic pain21
Salivary metabolome indicates a shift in tyrosine metabolism in patients with burning mouth syndrome: a prospective case–control study21
Delphi study to define core clinical outcomes for inclusion in a complex regional pain syndrome international research registry and data bank21
The association between parent mental health and pediatric chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis21
The thalamic projection of pain sensations to the posterior dorsal fundus in the insula: comment on Mandonnet et al.21
Chronic pain in European adult populations: a systematic review of prevalence and associated clinical features20
Beyond the ambiguity of interpretation bias for pain-related information20
Inequities in time-to-follow-up care and administrative action after low back pain diagnosis in active duty service members20
Interpretation bias and the transition from acute to chronic pain20
Microneurographic portrait of 19 patients with small fiber neuropathy—A pilot study20
Cannabis use disorder in patients with chronic pain: overestimation and underestimation in a cross-sectional observational study in 3 German pain management centres20
Examination of the contribution of Nav1.7 to axonal propagation in nociceptors20
“Belief-based” medicine is not evidence-based medicine19
Patient preferences in the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review of discrete choice experiments19
Grpr expression defines a population of superficial dorsal horn vertical cells that have a role in both itch and pain19
Chronic pain among U.S. sexual minority adults who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or “something else”: Erratum19
The associations of opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions with injuries among US military service members19
Adding a nonpainful end to reduce pain recollection of Pap smear screening: a randomized controlled trial19
Rostral ventral medulla circuits regulate both the sensory and affective dimensions of neuropathic pain: a commentary on Dogrul et al.19
Chronic pain in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases: users' questions answered19
Informing about side effects: putting patients (preferences) first19
Behavioral outcomes of complete Freund adjuvant–induced inflammatory pain in the rodent hind paw: a systematic review and meta-analysis19
ATF4 inhibits TRPV4 function and controls itch perception in rodents and nonhuman primates19
Melatonin for neuropathic pain: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover trial18
Three dimensions of pain in osteoarthritis: development and validation of the Osteoarthritis Symptom Inventory Scale18
Demise of nociceptive Schwann cells causes nerve retraction and pain hyperalgesia: Erratum18
Biopsychosocial influence on shoulder pain: results from a randomized preclinical trial of exercise-induced muscle injury18
Is there really no association between postoperative opioid use and long-term surgical outcomes in patients diagnosed with liver cancer?18
Realigning the role of quantitative sensory testing in sensory profiling of patients with and without neuropathic pain18
Unraveling the puzzle of pain in pancreatic diseases18
Reply to Manhapra18
Advances in the analysis of intensive longitudinal pain data: a commentary on Leroux et al.17
Psychosocial mechanisms underlying the transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain in youth following spinal fusion: a 6-month longitudinal study17
Educational disparities in joint pain within and across US states: do macro sociopolitical contexts matter?17
MicroRNA let-7b enhances spinal cord nociceptive synaptic transmission and induces acute and persistent pain through neuronal and microglial signaling17
Amygdalar functional connectivity during resting and evoked pain in youth with functional abdominal pain disorders17
CARTp/GPR160 mediates behavioral hypersensitivities in mice through NOD217
Leveraging value-based health principles to improve translation and impact of digital psychological interventions for people with chronic pain17
Effectiveness of neural mobilisation for the treatment of nerve-related cervicobrachial pain: a systematic review with subgroup meta-analysis17
In memoriam: Stephen B. McMahon, PhD, FMedSci December 21, 1954 to October 9, 202117
Neuroinflammation drives sex-dependent effects on pain and negative affect in a murine model of repeated mild traumatic brain injury17
Accuracy of neuropathic pain measurements in patients with symptoms of polyneuropathy: validation of painDETECT, Self-Completed Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs, and Douleur Neuropat17
Multimodal hypersensitivity and somatic symptoms predict adolescent postmenarchal widespread pain17
Cutaneous nerve fiber and peripheral Nav1.7 assessment in a large cohort of patients with postherpetic neuralgia16
Deep learning–guided postoperative pain assessment in children16
Interoception and pain: body–mind integration, rupture, and repair16
Conotoxin contulakin-G engages a neurotensin receptor 2/R-type calcium channel (Cav2.3) pathway to mediate spinal antinociception16
The Canadian version of the National Institutes of Health minimum dataset for chronic low back pain research: reference values from the Quebec Low Back Pain Study16
Give and take: an evolutionary framework for social transactions in pain16
CD304+ adipose tissue–derived mesenchymal stem cell abundance in autologous fat grafts highly correlates with improvement of localized pain syndromes16
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of long-acting dexamethasone viscous gel delivered by transforaminal injection for lumbosacral radicular pain16
Prediction of the response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex in peripheral neuropathic pain and validation of a new algorithm16
Quantitative somatosensory testing of the abdomen: establishing initial reference values across developmental age and biological sex16
Dorsal root ganglion toll-like receptor 4 signaling contributes to oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy16
Profiling the molecular signature of satellite glial cells at the single cell level reveals high similarities between rodents and humans16
Estrous cycle regulates cephalic mechanical sensitivity and sensitization of the trigemino-cervical complex in a female rat model of chronic migraine15
Canadian surveillance study of complex regional pain syndrome in children15
Resting-state electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography as biomarkers of chronic pain: a systematic review15
Long-term alterations in somatosensory functioning in survivors of childhood cancer15
Reliability and validity of the Pediatric PainSCAN: a screening tool for pediatric neuropathic pain and complex regional pain syndrome15
Internet-delivered cognitive and behavioural based interventions for adults with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials15
A paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus input to ventral of lateral septal nucleus controls chronic visceral pain15
Standardizing research methods for opioid dose comparison: the NIH HEAL morphine milligram equivalent calculator15
Educational initiatives and achievements of the International Association for the Study of Pain15
Functioning in chronic pain: a call for a global definition15
Upregulation of LncRNA71132 in the spinal cord regulates hypersensitivity in a rat model of bone cancer pain15
Open-label nondeceptive placebo analgesia is blocked by the opioid antagonist naloxone15
Efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for individual features of fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials15
Huntington-associated protein 1 inhibition contributes to neuropathic pain by suppressing Cav1.2 activity and attenuating inflammation15
TRPV1 is the burner15
Mechanisms and manifestations in musculoskeletal pain: from experimental to clinical pain settings15
Where is the pain? Spatial patterns of pain co-occurrence in a population-based study of 4833 pain drawings incorporating network analysis14
Introduction to the biennial review of pain14
Effects of virtual reality on psychophysical measures of pain: superiority to imagination and nonimmersive conditions14
Reply to Manhapra14
A novel potential strategy for the treatment of inflammatory and neuropathic pain14
A call to action to integrate best practice assessment of sexual orientation and gender identity in pain research and clinical care14
Epigenomic landscape of the human dorsal root ganglion: sex differences and transcriptional regulation of nociceptive genes14
Gonadal hormone–dependent nociceptor sensitization maintains nociplastic pain state in female mice14
Unlocking the secrets of daily diary data: can we improve our understanding of the reinforcing effects of pain medication?14
Reply to Ali14
Bodily maps of emotions and pain: tactile and hedonic sensitivity in healthy controls and patients experiencing chronic pain14
Thermal grill illusion of pain in patients with chronic pain: a clinical marker of central sensitization?14
Enhancing healthcare professionals' biopsychosocial perspective to chronic pain: assessing the impact of implementing an interdisciplinary training program14
Reply to Moulton et al.14
Nociplastic pain—grading the unknown14
Recommendations for patient education in the management of persistent pelvic pain: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines13
Functional and anatomical analyses of active spinal circuits in a mouse model of chronic pain13
Parental narrative style moderates the relation between pain-related attention and memory biases in youth with chronic pain13
The invisible cost of pain management by the current International Classification of Diseases coding system: a study in a tertiary care inpatient setting13
Nonopioid analgesics discovery and the Valley of Death: EMA401 from concept to clinical trial13
Measuring pain care quality in the Veterans Health Administration primary care setting13
Bilateral deficiency of Meissner corpuscles and papillary microvessels in patients with acute complex regional pain syndrome13
Body image, sex, gender, and pain: towards an improved understanding of pain mechanisms13
Clinical features and functional analysis of novel SCN9A variants causing congenital insensitivity to pain13
The local molecular signature of human peripheral neuropathic pain13
A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, comparative study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of newly developed diclofenac patches in patients with cancer pain13
Neural mechanisms underlying the conditioned pain modulation response: a narrative review of neuroimaging studies13
Nucleus accumbens myocyte enhancer factor 2C mediates the maintenance of peripheral nerve injury–induced physiological and behavioral maladaptations13
Comparing the prevalence of chronic pain in school-aged children in the United States from 2019 to 2020: a nationally representative study examining differences associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: 13
Reply to Zhang and Pan13
Sympathetic modulation of tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced nociception in the presence of oral squamous cell carcinoma13
Dorsal horn volume loss and pain pathway changes in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with syringomyelia, signs of pain, and phantom scratching12
Reply to Karlsen et al. Consensus on a core outcome set: a panel decision12
Haves and have-nots: socioeconomic position improves accuracy of machine learning algorithms for predicting high-impact chronic pain12
Reply to Esposto and Cioeta (2023): Clarification regarding classical conditioning and conditioned pain12
Deciphering relationships between stress biomarkers and fibromyalgia syndrome with implications relevant to other chronic pain conditions12
Co-occurrence of chronic pain and anxiety/depression symptoms in U.S. adults: prevalence, functional impacts, and opportunities12
CaV3.2 calcium channels contribute to trigeminal neuralgia12
Brain predicted age in chronic pelvic pain: a study by the Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network12
A randomized-controlled pilot trial of telemedicine-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy tailored for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome12
From SARS-CoV-2 to analgesia: harnessing the vascular endothelial growth factor A/neuropilin 1 axis for pain therapy12
Reply to Blomqvist and Evrard12
Impaired pain-related threat and safety learning in patients with chronic back pain12
Potentiation of visualized exosomal miR-1306-3p from primary sensory neurons contributes to chronic visceral pain via spinal P2X3 receptors12
Is blue light a red herring in a rodent model of “computer vision syndrome”?12
Characterizing high-cost healthcare users among adults with back pain in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study12
miR-1306-3p directly activates P2X3 receptors in primary sensory neurons to induce visceral pain in rats12
Selection of corticosteroids for epidural steroid injections12
Expectations underlie the effects of unpredictable pain: a behavioral and electroencephalogram study12
Duloxetine improves chronic orofacial pain and comorbid depressive symptoms in association with reduction of serotonin transporter protein through upregulation of ubiquitinated serotonin transporter p12
Descending mechanism by which medial prefrontal cortex endocannabinoid signaling controls the development of neuropathic pain and neuronal activity of dorsal root ganglion12
Immunotherapy, a new approach for the treatment of human pain12
Peripheral contributions to offset analgesia: effects of stimulus duration, intensity, and location11
Do “central sensitization” questionnaires reflect measures of nociceptive sensitization or psychological constructs? A systematic review and meta-analyses11
A revisit of soreness and acidosis-related pain11
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 care11
Diagnosis of neuropathic pain in polyneuropathy: should screening questionnaires be thrown out?11
Rare variant analyses in large-scale cohorts identified SLC13A1 associated with chronic pain11
Expression of ectopic heat shock protein 90 in male and female primary afferent nociceptors regulates inflammatory pain11
Investigating neuroepigenetic alterations in chronic low back pain with positron emission tomography11
The bidirectional relationship between sleep problems and chronic musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis11
A double-blind phase II randomized controlled trial of an online cognitive bias modification for interpretation program with and without psychoeducation for people with chronic pain11
Patient engagement in pain research: no gain without the people in pain11
Clinical improvements due to specific effects and placebo effects in conservative interventions and changes observed with no treatment in randomized controlled trials of patients with chronic nonspeci11
Referred sensations in the orofacial region are associated with a decreased descending pain inhibition and modulated by remote noxious stimuli and local anesthesia11
Elevated 18:0 lysophosphatidylcholine contributes to the development of pain in tissue injury11
Activation of GABAergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus alleviates hyperalgesia induced by ovarian hormone withdrawal11
Longitudinal examination of associations with the onset of pediatric chronic pain at different pain locations11
Patient engagement in designing, conducting, and disseminating clinical pain research: IMMPACT recommended considerations11
NaViGating arthritis pain11
Fifty years of pain research and clinical advances: highlights and key trends11
Unbiased analysis of the dorsal root ganglion after peripheral nerve injury: no neuronal loss, no gliosis, but satellite glial cell plasticity11
A catheter-associated urinary tract infection mouse model to study bladder dysfunction and pain11
Mast cell chymases: essential for preventing the transition from acute to chronic pain11
Mirror peripheral neuropathy and unilateral chronic neuropathic pain: insights from asymmetric neurological patterns in leprosy11
Sleep disruption and activation of cellular inflammation mediate heightened pain sensitivity: a randomized clinical trial11
Adolescent ethanol exposure promotes mechanical allodynia and alters dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell11
Reply to Yang and Lu11
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 li11
Under the insula: a commentary on “Electrostimulation of the white matter of the posterior insula and medial operculum: perception of vibrations, heat, and pain”11
Randomized controlled trials of pain treatment: essential research tools, a framework for clinical care11
TRPM3 as a novel target to alleviate acute oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathic pain11
High-frequency electrical stimulation increases cortical excitability and mechanical sensitivity in a chronic large animal model11
Serum levels of endocannabinoids and related lipids in painful vs painless diabetic neuropathy: results from the Pain in Neuropathy Study11
Behavioral cancer pain intervention dosing: results of a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial11
Mechanisms of chronic pain in inflammatory rheumatism: the role of descending modulation10
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 study10
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