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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Neuronal–immune axis alters pain and sensory afferent damage during dental pulp injury457
Impact of spinal cord stimulation on sick leave and disability pension in patients with chronic neuropathic pain: a real-world evidence study in Sweden282
Randomized controlled trial of intrathecal oxytocin on speed of recovery after hip arthroplasty123
Mediators of the association between childhood trauma and pain sensitivity in adulthood: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network analysis121
Was it “conditioned” or “suggested” pain? Reply to S. Kang et al.113
Action of mefloquine/amitriptyline THN101 combination on neuropathic mechanical hypersensitivity in mice102
Reply to Venda Nova et al.94
Autoantibodies in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome91
Maddalena Opioid Switching Score in patients with cancer pain90
Perioperative oxidative stress predicts subsequent pain-related outcomes in the 6 months after total knee arthroplasty81
Association between prescribed opioid dose and risk of motor vehicle crashes73
Visually evoked pain and its extinction using virtual reality in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome type II68
Reply to Gholamrezaei and Ashton-James63
Improving the art and science of communication in people living with chronic pain56
Beyond social support: in search of psychosocial predictors of chronic postsurgical pain53
Reply to Riddle52
Delphi study to explore a new diagnosis for “ineffective” long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain50
Reconsidering Fordyce's classic article, “Pain and suffering: what is the unit?” to help make our model of chronic pain truly biopsychosocial50
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 49
Encoding of inflammatory hyperalgesia in mouse spinal cord49
Reply to Currie et al.46
Comparative differences in musculoskeletal pain consultation and analgesic prescription for people with dementia: a UK-wide matched cohort study44
External validation and updating of prognostic prediction models for nonrecovery among older adults seeking primary care for back pain42
Brain-predicted age difference estimated using DeepBrainNet is significantly associated with pain and function—a multi-institutional and multiscanner study42
Mismatched opioid prescription in patients discharged after neurological surgeries: a retrospective cohort study42
Practical nonpharmacologic pain interventions for hospitalized cancer patients41
Placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia in patients with Alzheimer disease and healthy participants41
UnCRMPing Nav1.7 to treat trigeminal neuropathic pain41
Commentary on: A systematic review of self and observer assessment of pain and related functioning in youth with brain-based developmental disabilities40
In search of conditioned pain: an experimental analysis39
Neurobiology and long-term impact of bladder-filling pain in humans: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) research network study39
The prevalence of persistent post-traumatic headache in adult civilian traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the past 14 years38
Validation of the pediatric version of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale Revised in school-aged children and adolescents38
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 Pain37
Patient engagement in designing, conducting, and disseminating clinical pain research: IMMPACT recommended considerations37
Fifty years of pain research and clinical advances: highlights and key trends37
Future perspectives: the next fifty years of the International Association for the Study of Pain36
Pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract mediate endorphinergic endogenous analgesia in mice35
Proinflammatory cytokines and their receptors as druggable targets to alleviate pathological pain35
Cognitive decline over time in patients with chronic pain and headache: how can different outcomes be explained?35
Diagnosis of neuropathic pain in polyneuropathy: should screening questionnaires be thrown out?34
Targeting intrinsically disordered regions facilitates discovery of calcium channels 3.2 inhibitory peptides for adeno-associated virus–mediated peripheral analgesia34
Chronic pain conditions and use of analgesics among nursing home patients with dementia34
A rose by another name? Characteristics that distinguish headache secondary to temporomandibular disorder from headache that is comorbid with temporomandibular disorder34
Autoantibodies from patients with complex regional pain syndrome induce pro-inflammatory effects and functional disturbances on endothelial cells in vitro34
Distinct and sex-specific expression of mu opioid receptors in anterior cingulate and somatosensory S1 cortical areas34
Reply to dos Santos Ferreira and Velly33
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 disorder32
A synthesis of meta-analyses of mindfulness-based interventions in pain32
Opioid deprescribing in patients with chronic noncancer pain: a systematic review of international guidelines31
Reply to Yang and Lu31
The dynamics of pain avoidance: the exploration–exploitation dilemma30
Altered pain sensitivity in 5×familial Alzheimer disease mice is associated with dendritic spine loss in anterior cingulate cortex pyramidal neurons30
Monoaminergic mediation of hyperalgesic and analgesic descending control of nociception in mice30
Barriers and enablers to exercise adherence in people with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a systematic review of qualitative evidence29
On the adverse effects of gabapentinoids29
The relationship between traumatic exposure and pain perception in children: the moderating role of posttraumatic symptoms29
Data-driven identification of distinct pain drawing patterns and their association with clinical and psychological factors: a study of 21,123 patients with spinal pain29
Painful distortions: people with painful knee osteoarthritis have biased visuospatial perception of the environment28
Longitudinal examination of associations with the onset of pediatric chronic pain at different pain locations28
Rethinking clinically significant pain: a marker of recovery rather than a warning of injury28
Tools for assessing labour pain: a comprehensive review of research literature26
Long-term opioid therapy dose patterns in United States patients26
Emergence of nociceptive functionality and opioid signaling in human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived sensory neurons25
Genome-wide association study of pain sensitivity assessed by questionnaire and the cold pressor test25
Deoxy-sphingolipids, oxidative stress, and vitamin C correlate with qualitative and quantitative patterns of small fiber dysfunction and degeneration25
Adolescent pain: appraisal of the construct and trajectory prediction-by-symptom between age 12 and 17 years in a Canadian twin birth cohort25
Childhood trauma and the use of opioids and other prescription analgesics in adolescence and young adulthood: The HUNT Study24
Randomized controlled trials of pain treatment: essential research tools, a framework for clinical care24
Individual differences in conditioned pain modulation are associated with functional connectivity within the descending antinociceptive pathway24
Stratified health care for low back pain using the STarT Back approach: holy grail or doomed to fail?24
Under the insula: a commentary on “electrostimulation of the white matter of the posterior insula and medial operculum: perception of vibrations, heat, and pain”24
Allostasis theory in opioid tolerance24
Sex differences in chromatin structure within the dorsal root ganglion24
Strengthening the pain care ecosystem to support equitable, person-centered, high-value musculoskeletal pain care24
Benign or painful? The interpretation of pain and fear of progression in rheumatoid arthritis24
Vaporized cannabis extract–induced antinociception in male vs female rats with persistent inflammatory pain24
Sex differences in visceral sensitivity and brain activity in a rat model of comorbid pain: a longitudinal study24
Reply to Huang and Chen24
Promoting multidisciplinary pain management in low- and middle-income countries—challenges and achievements24
High-frequency electrical stimulation increases cortical excitability and mechanical sensitivity in a chronic large animal model23
Gray matter volume of limbic brain structures during the development of chronic back pain: a longitudinal cohort study23
Noninvasive targeted modulation of pain circuits with focused ultrasonic waves: Erratum23
Advanced neuroimaging of the trigeminal nerve and the whole brain in trigeminal neuralgia: a systematic review22
The relationship between sustained hamstring pain and reorganisation of somatosensory representations: a randomised, controlled study22
Microbiome contributions to pain: a review of the preclinical literature22
Pain catastrophizing and pain anxiety mediate changes in physical function in a mind–body intervention for adults with traumatic orthopedic injuries22
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 nucleus22
Species-specific differences and the role of Nav1.9 in pain pathophysiology22
What has brain diffusion magnetic resonance imaging taught us about chronic primary pain: a narrative review22
The unmet mental health needs of U.S. adults living with chronic pain22
Effect of prolonged experimental neck pain on exercise-induced hypoalgesia21
Sex effects in the interaction of acute stress and pain perception21
Pain is common after sexual assault and posttraumatic arousal/reactivity symptoms mediate the development of new or worsening persistent pain21
Reply to Quintner21
Targeted muscle reinnervation prevents and reverses rat pain behaviors after nerve transection21
The social nature of human pain21
Development and evaluation of the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) pediatric pain quality item bank and short form21
Peoples' beliefs about their chronic hip pain and its care: a systematic review of qualitative studies. “I'm just getting old and breaking down”21
Membrane potential instabilities in sensory neurons: mechanisms and pathophysiological relevance21
Refining lidocaine studies for inflammatory arthritis20
Persistent opioid use after hospital admission due to trauma: a population-based cohort study20
Reply to Torta and Meyers20
NaViGating arthritis pain20
Investigating neuroepigenetic alterations in chronic low back pain with positron emission tomography19
Neuronal basis for pain-like and anxiety-like behaviors in the central nucleus of the amygdala19
Vagus nerve stimulation rescues persistent pain following orthopedic surgery in adult mice19
Bruxism, temporomandibular disorders, and headache: a narrative review of correlations and causalities19
Signatures of chronic pain in multiple sclerosis: a machine learning approach to investigate trigeminal neuralgia19
Peripherally restricted cannabinoid and mu-opioid receptor agonists synergistically attenuate neuropathic mechanical hypersensitivity in mice19
Probing white matter microstructure in youth with chronic pain and its relation to catastrophizing using neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging19
Microglia senescence is related to neuropathic pain–associated comorbidities in the spared nerve injury model19
Mortality after concurrent treatment with gabapentin and opioids in older adults with spine diagnoses19
Pain after cancer: navigating the complexities and embracing psychological insights19
Partnering with patients in clinical trials of pain treatments: a narrative review19
Mechanisms of chronic pain in inflammatory rheumatism: the role of descending modulation19
Effects of combined chemotherapy and anti-programmed cell death protein 1 treatment on peripheral neuropathy and neuroinflammation in mice18
Exploring sex differences in alpha brain activity as a potential neuromarker associated with neuropathic pain18
Mitochondrial calcium uniporter deletion prevents painful diabetic neuropathy by restoring mitochondrial morphology and dynamics18
Disruption of working memory and contralateral delay activity by nociceptive stimuli is modulated by task demands18
Looking beyond the obvious: the importance of outcomes and outcomes measures in trigeminal neuralgia18
Whiplash injuries associated with experienced pain and disability can be visualized with [11C]-D-deprenyl positron emission tomography and computed tomography17
Diversity of inhibitory and excitatory parvalbumin interneuron circuits in the dorsal horn17
Nitroxidative stress in pain and opioid-induced adverse effects: therapeutic opportunities17
Information is power: a qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of patients with degenerative cervical radiculopathy17
Reply to Blatt17
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?17
Transcranial direct current stimulation of 3 cortical targets is no more effective than placebo as treatment for fibromyalgia: a double-blind sham-controlled clinical trial17
Education can reassure people with rotator cuff–related shoulder pain: a 3-arm, randomised, online experiment17
A prospective long-term follow-up of dorsal root ganglion stimulation for the management of chronic intractable pain17
Associations between patient-reported functional disability and measures of physical ability in juvenile fibromyalgia17
The prevalence of chronic pain in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis17
Rare variant analyses in large-scale cohorts identified SLC13A1 associated with chronic pain16
Automated detection of squint as a sensitive assay of sex-dependent calcitonin gene–related peptide and amylin-induced pain in mice16
Chronic pain is specifically associated with updating working memory: a longitudinal twin study16
Anoctamin 1/TMEM16A in pruritoceptors is essential for Mas-related G protein receptor–dependent itch16
What is known and what is still unknown within chronic musculoskeletal pain? A systematic evidence and gap map16
Long-term opioid therapy unsettles us both coming and going16
Extended reality used in the treatment of phantom limb pain: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial16
Intersectional identity approach to chronic pain disparities using latent class analysis16
TRPM3-mediated dynamic mitochondrial activity in nerve growth factor–induced latent sensitization of chronic low back pain16
Benefit–risk assessment and reporting in clinical trials of chronic pain treatments: IMMPACT recommendations16
Nerve pathology and neuropathic pain after whiplash injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis16
Pediatric chronic pain grading: a revised classification of the severity of pediatric chronic pain16
Neuropathic pain and neurocognitive functioning in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia16
A proteome signature for acute incisional pain in dorsal root ganglia of mice15
Gut microbiota dysbiosis alters chronic pain behaviors in a humanized transgenic mouse model of sickle cell disease15
Adolescent ethanol exposure promotes mechanical allodynia and alters dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell15
Spared nerve injury decreases motivation in long-access homecage-based operant tasks in mice15
Activation of GABAergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus alleviates hyperalgesia induced by ovarian hormone withdrawal15
Longitudinal study of early adaptation to the coronavirus disease pandemic among youth with chronic pain and their parents: effects of direct exposures and economic stress15
Sex differences in facial expressions of pain: results from a combined sample15
Relationship between gait complexity and pain attention in chronic low back pain15
Do endogenous opioids mediate or fine-tune human pain relief?15
Induction of cluster headache after opening of adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channels: a randomized clinical trial15
In memoriam: Joel D. Greenspan 1952 to 202115
Biodegradable nanoparticles targeting circulating immune cells reduce central and peripheral sensitization to alleviate neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury14
Chronic pain in patients with inflammatory bowel disease14
Patient outcomes after opioid dose reduction among patients with chronic opioid therapy14
Intrinsic and synaptic properties of adult mouse spinoperiaqueductal gray neurons and the influence of neonatal tissue damage14
Neuropilin-1 is essential for vascular endothelial growth factor A–mediated increase of sensory neuron activity and development of pain-like behaviors14
Differential expression of a brain aging biomarker across discrete chronic pain disorders14
Time-varying phase synchronization of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals a shift toward self-referential processes during sustained pain14
Towards harmonizing the concepts and definitions of pain in the World Health Organization's Family of International Classifications14
Personalised decision support in the management of patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary physiotherapy care: a cluster randomised controlled trial (the SupportPrim project)14
The sociocultural context of pediatric pain: an examination of the portrayal of pain in children's popular media14
Intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment for children and adolescents with chronic noncancer pain: a preregistered systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis14
Astrocytes in the rostral ventromedial medulla mediate the analgesic effect of electroacupuncture in a rodent model of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathic pain14
Treatment effect modifiers for individuals with acute low back pain: secondary analysis of the TARGET trial14
Innovative cognitive behavioral therapies for irritable bowel syndrome: processes, predictors, platforms, and outcomes14
Behavioral characterization of G-protein-coupled receptor 160 knockout mice14
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
Eveningness intensifies the association between musculoskeletal pain and health-related quality of life: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort Study 196614
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 care14
Subcortical brain anatomy as a potential biomarker of persistent pain after total knee replacement in osteoarthritis14
Statistical modeling of acute and chronic pain patient-reported outcomes obtained from ecological momentary assessment14
Nociplastic pain: helping to explain disconnect between pain and pathology14
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
Pharmacologically enabling the degradation of NaV1.8 channels to reduce neuropathic pain14
Habituation to pain: self-report, electroencephalography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging in healthy individuals. A scoping review and future recommendations13
Activation of TGR5 in the injured nerve site according to a prevention protocol mitigates partial sciatic nerve ligation–induced neuropathic pain by alleviating neuroinflammation13
Tyrosine kinase type A–specific signalling pathways are critical for mechanical allodynia development and bone alterations in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis13
Expression of ectopic heat shock protein 90 in male and female primary afferent nociceptors regulates inflammatory pain13
Orai1 is a crucial downstream partner of group I metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling in dorsal horn neurons13
On the importance of baseline pain intensity and measurement methods13
Reply to Zhao et al.13
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 age13
Independent effects of transcranial direct current stimulation and social influence on pain13
Regression to the mean, heteroscedasticity, and prognostic imbalance in randomized controlled trials: a call for graphical methods13
Pain management in older adults: facts to consider13
A global look at RNA splicing in human dorsal root ganglion: ex uno plures13
Impact of rescue medication in placebo-controlled trials of pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain and low back pain13
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
Morphine-induced osteolysis and hypersensitivity is mediated through toll-like receptor-4 in a murine model of metastatic breast cancer12
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 li12
Chronic nociplastic pain affecting the musculoskeletal system: clinical criteria and grading system12
Protein arginine methyltransferase 7 modulates neuronal excitability by interacting with NaV1.912
Trigeminal neuralgia and its comorbidities: a nationwide disease trajectory 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
Adenosine causes short-lasting vasodilation and headache but not migraine attacks in migraine patients: a randomized clinical trial12
Characteristics of retracted publications related to pain research: a systematic review12
A peripheral CB2 cannabinoid receptor mechanism suppresses chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: evidence from a CB2 reporter mouse12
Description and initial validation of a novel measure of pain intensity: the Numeric Rating Scale of Underlying Pain without concurrent Analgesic use12
Biomarkers of stress as mind–body intervention outcomes for chronic pain: an evaluation of constructs and accepted measurement12
Effect of intraoperative methadone vs other opioids on postoperative outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies12
TRPA1 rare variants in chronic neuropathic and nociplastic pain patients12
Psychiatric disorders, personality traits, and childhood traumatic events predicting incidence and persistence of chronic pain: results from the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus study12
Peripheral or central origin of chronic pain? Mu!12
Discrimination as one of the social plights facing people with pain12
Recent developments and challenges in positron emission tomography imaging of gliosis in chronic neuropathic pain12
Neurofilament light chain as a biomarker of axonal damage in sensory neurons and paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with ovarian cancer12
Spatial illusion of pain: the influence of nociception on body ownership11
Fibromyalgia patients with elevated levels of anti–satellite glia cell immunoglobulin G antibodies present with more severe symptoms11
Paradoxical heat sensation as a manifestation of thermal hypesthesia: a study of 1090 patients with lesions of the somatosensory system11
Increased risk of persistent neuropathic pain after traumatic nerve injury and surgery for carriers of a human leukocyte antigen haplotype11
Reply to Li et al.11
Reply to Mickle and Sibille11
Injection of kaolin/carrageenan in the rat knee joint induces progressive experimental knee osteoarthritis11
Heart rate variability is not suitable as a surrogate marker for pain intensity in patients with chronic pain11
Preparing the brain for pain: new insights and potential biomarkers11
Dynamics of brain function in patients with chronic pain assessed by microstate analysis of resting-state electroencephalography11
Reply to Russo et al.11
Association between physiotherapy utilization and medical healthcare utilization and costs in adults with back pain from Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study11
Preventing a prescription opioid epidemic in Switzerland11
Race-specific associations: inflammatory mediators and chronic low back pain11
The value of the International Association for the Study of Pain to career development: perspectives of trainee and early career members11
Message from the president of the International Association for the Study of Pain11
Reply to Beaulieu11
Central sensitization: clinical utility of a physiological concept for the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and for nociplastic pain11
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 study11
Combination pharmacotherapy for the treatment of neuropathic pain in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis11
Widespread hyperexcitability of nociceptor somata outlasts enhanced avoidance behavior after incision injury11
Taxonomy and pain clinic patients11
Open-label placebo hypoalgesia: what works for whom under which circumstances11
Communication and activation in pain to enhance relationships and treat pain with equity (COOPERATE): a randomized clinical trial11
Reliability of quantitative sensory testing in the assessment of somatosensory function after high-frequency stimulation–induced sensitisation of central nociceptive pathways11
Pain-related cognitions and emotional distress are not associated with conditioned pain modulation: an explorative analysis of 1142 participants with acute, subacute, and chronic pain11
Selective androgen receptor modulator microparticle formulation reverses muscle hyperalgesia in a mouse model of widespread muscle pain11
Reply to Kajiwara et al.10
Race differences in pain and pain-related risk factors among former professional American-style football players10
Responsiveness of quantitative sensory testing-derived sensory phenotype to disease-modifying intervention in patients with entrapment neuropathy: a longitudinal study10
Alzheimer disease may compromise patients' ability for expectancy-based pain modulation. Now what?10
An alternative perspective on the causes of pain in osteoarthritis of the knee and its persistence after total knee replacement surgery10
The Mas-related G protein–coupled receptor d (Mrgprd) mediates pain hypersensitivity in painful diabetic neuropathy10
Predicting placebo analgesia in patients with chronic pain using natural language processing: a preliminary validation study10
Chronic pain experience through COVID-19: a comparison of reports prior and during the early stages of the pandemic10
When experience is not enough: learning-based cognitive pain modulation with or without instructions10
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 trial10
Sex differences in medical cannabis-related adverse effects? Do not forget the context!10
Adjunctive virtual reality pain relief after traumatic injury: a proof-of-concept within-person randomized trial10
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