European Journal of Pain

Article	Citations
Evidence‐based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines	243
Prevalence and characteristics of new‐onset pain in COVID‐19 survivours, a controlled study	72
A meta‐analysis of the associations of elements of the fear‐avoidance model of chronic pain with negative affect, depression, anxiety, pain‐related disability and pain intensity	71
Is Europe also facing an opioid crisis?—A survey of European Pain Federation chapters	64
European* clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic noncancer pain – Part 1: Role of opioids in the management of chronic noncancer pain	61
Medical cannabis treatment for chronic pain: Outcomes and prediction of response	59
Human surrogate models of central sensitization: A critical review and practical guide	56
Longitudinal outcome evaluations of Interdisciplinary Multimodal Pain Treatment programmes for patients with chronic primary musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	46
Internet‐delivered acceptance and commitment therapy as microlearning for chronic pain: A randomized controlled trial with 1‐year follow‐up	43
The effect of experimental pain on the excitability of the corticospinal tract in humans: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	41
Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain	41
Is Europe facing an opioid epidemic: What does European monitoring data tell us?	38
Inhibition of ferroptosis‐like cell death attenuates neuropathic pain reactions induced by peripheral nerve injury in rats	36
Metabolomics in chronic pain research	33
Challenges and opportunities in translational pain research – An opinion paper of the working group on translational pain research of the European pain federation (EFIC)	33
Widespread myofascial dysfunction and sensitisation in women with endometriosis‐associated chronic pelvic pain: A cross‐sectional study	32
Preoperative sleep quality and adverse pain outcomes after total hip arthroplasty	32
Mindful Self‐Compassion program for chronic pain patients: A randomized controlled trial	31
Neurophysiological mechanisms of chiropractic spinal manipulation for spine pain	31
Identifying goals in patients with chronic pain: A European survey	29
Long‐term observational studies with cannabis‐based medicines for chronic non‐cancer pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of effectiveness and safety	29
Psychosocial factors associated with pain and health‐related quality of life in Endometriosis: A systematic review	28
Insight into pain syndromes in acute phase of mild‐to‐moderate COVID‐19: Frequency, clinical characteristics, and associated factors	26
Preoperative risk factors associated with chronic pain profiles following total knee arthroplasty	26
Recommendations on the management of pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome: A formalised expert consensus	25

Impaired exercise‐induced hypoalgesia in individuals reporting an increase in low back pain during acute exercise	25
Effectiveness of a structured group intervention based on pain neuroscience education for patients with fibromyalgia in primary care: A multicentre randomized open‐label controlled trial	24
A single‐blind, randomized, pilot study of a brief mindfulness‐based intervention for the endometriosis‐related pain management	24
Chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: The potential contributions of synovitis, pain sensitization and pain catastrophizing—An explorative study	24
European clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic noncancer pain – Part 2: Special situations*	24
Characteristics and influence on quality of life of new‐onset pain in critical COVID‐19 survivors	23
Nasopharyngeal swab‐induced pain for SARS‐CoV‐2 screening: A randomised controlled trial of conventional and self‐swabbing	23
Effectiveness of stratified treatment for back pain in Danish primary care: A randomized controlled trial	23
Age differences in cognitive–affective processes in adults with chronic pain	23
Complex regional pain syndrome what is the outcome? ‐ a systematic review of the course and impact of CRPS at 12 months from symptom onset and beyond	23
Real‐world effectiveness and tolerability of carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine in 354 patients with trigeminal neuralgia	23
Placebo effects in low back pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the literature	22
Visual illusions modulate body perception disturbance and pain in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A randomized trial	21
Digital manikins to self‐report pain on a smartphone: A systematic review of mobile apps	21
Artificial intelligence to evaluate postoperative pain based on facial expression recognition	21
The effect of experimental and clinical musculoskeletal pain on spinal and supraspinal projections to motoneurons and motor unit properties in humans: A systematic review	20
Pain catastrophizing as a treatment process variable in cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with chronic pain	20
Effect of diagnostic labelling on management intentions for non‐specific low back pain: A randomized scenario‐based experiment	20
The selfBACK artificial intelligence‐based smartphone app can improve low back pain outcome even in patients with high levels of depression or stress	20
Efficacy and safety of botulinum A toxin for the treatment of chronic peripheral neuropathic pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials and meta‐analysis	20
‘Drawing a line in the sand’: Physician diagnostic uncertainty in paediatric chronic pain	19
A virtual reality system for pain and anxiety management during outpatient hysteroscopy—A randomized control trial	19
Modulatory role of the orexin system in stress‐induced analgesia: Involvement of the ventral tegmental area	19
Pain relief by movement representation strategies: An umbrella and mapping review with meta‐meta‐analysis of motor imagery, action observation and mirror therapy	19
The serotonin receptor 2A (HTR2A) rs6313 variant is associated with higher ongoing pain and signs of central sensitization in neuropathic pain patients	19
Strength training in addition to neuromuscular exercise and education in individuals with knee osteoarthritis—the effects on pain and sensitization	19
Incidence of trigeminal neuralgia: A population‐based study in Central Sweden	18
Metabolomic and proteomic characterization of sng and pain phenotypes in fibromyalgia	18
Identifying participants with knee osteoarthritis likely to benefit from physical therapy education and exercise: A hypothesis‐generating study	18
Feasibility randomized‐controlled trial of online acceptance and commitment therapy for painful peripheral neuropathy in people living with HIV: The OPEN study	18
Cognitive agency in music interventions: Increased perceived control of music predicts increased pain tolerance	18
Personalized pain management: Is it time for process‐based therapy for particular people with chronic pain?	17
Persistent moderate to severe pain and long‐term cognitive decline	17
Platelet‐rich plasma and cytokines in neuropathic pain: A narrative review and a clinical perspective	17
Cannabigerol (CBG) attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity elicited by chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy	16
Oral capsules of tetra‐hydro‐cannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and their combination in peripheral neuropathic pain treatment	16
The impact of paradigm and stringent analysis parameters on measuring a net conditioned pain modulation effect: A test, retest, control study	16
Living with endometriosis: Comorbid pain disorders, characteristics of pain and relevance for daily life	16
Relative contributions of the nervous system, spinal tissue and psychosocial health to non‐specific low back pain: Multivariate meta‐analysis	16
Effects of multifocal transcranial direct current stimulation targeting the motor network during prolonged experimental pain	16
Nerve growth factor sensitizes nociceptors to C‐fibre selective supra‐threshold electrical stimuli in human skin	15
Personalized treatment of neuropathic pain: Where are we now?	15
Mechanisms of change in acceptance and commitment therapy for primary headaches	15
Placebo response varies between different types of sham acupuncture: A randomized double‐blind trial in neck pain patients	15
Medicinal cannabis for chronic pain: The bermuda triangle of low‐quality studies, countless meta‐analyses and conflicting recommendations	15
Faces of clinical pain: Inter‐individual facial activity patterns in shoulder pain patients	15
Beyond trial‐and‐error: Individualizing therapeutic transcranial neuromodulation for chronic pain	15
Detection and assessment of postoperative pain in children with cognitive impairment: A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis	14
Unique features of central neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis: Results of a cluster analysis	14
Glucocorticoid treatment in patients with complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review	14

Is opioid therapy for chronic non‐cancer pain associated with a greater risk of all‐cause mortality compared to non‐opioid analgesics? A systematic review of propensity score matched observational stu	13
Interpretation of cluster structures in pain‐related phenotype data using explainable artificial intelligence (XAI)	13
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of radiofrequency procedures on innervation to the shoulder joint for relieving chronic pain	13
Disruption to normal excitatory and inhibitory function within the medial prefrontal cortex in people with chronic pain	13
The effect of the anti‐diabetic drug metformin on musculoskeletal pain: A cross‐sectional study with 21,889 individuals from the UK biobank	13
Mechanism underlying painful radiculopathy in patients with lumbar disc herniation	13
Orofacial pain and dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease: A scoping review	12
Systematic reviews do not (yet) represent the ‘gold standard’ of evidence: A position paper	12
Chronotypes and disabling musculoskeletal pain: A Finnish birth cohort study	12
Seven‐year follow‐up of persistent postsurgical pain in cardiac surgery patients: A prospective observational study of prevalence and risk factors	12
Status quo of pain‐related patient‐reported outcomes and perioperative pain management in 10,415 patients from 10 countries: Analysis of registry data	12
Altered regulation of negative affect in patients with fibromyalgia: A diary study	12
Intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery: Incidence, risk factors and physician perception	12
Antihypersensitivity effect of betanin (red beetroot extract) via modulation of microglial activation in a mouse model of neuropathic pain	12
The association between exposure to domestic abuse in women and the development of syndromes indicating central nervous system sensitization: A retrospective cohort study using UK primary care records	12
Pain after a motor vehicle crash: The role of socio‐demographics, crash characteristics and peri‐traumatic stress symptoms	12
Self‐reported prognostic factors in adults reporting neck or low back pain: An umbrella review	12
Transcutaneous electrical stimulation in neck pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	12
Physical activity and cold pain tolerance in the general population	12
Motor performance and back pain in children and adolescents: A systematic review	12
Pain regulation during mindfulness meditation: Phenomenological fingerprints in novices and experts practitioners	12
Patient reported outcome measures in trigeminal neuralgia – A systematic review of psychometric performance	12
Polymorphisms of the μ‐opioid receptor gene influence cerebral pain processing in fibromyalgia	12
The value of interdisciplinary treatment for sickness absence in chronic pain: A nationwide register‐based cohort study	12
Association of temporomandibular disorders with pain sensitivity: A cohort study	11
Communicating with children about ‘everyday’ pain and injury: A Delphi study	11
The effect of duloxetine on mechanistic pain profiles, cognitive factors and clinical pain in patients with painful knee osteoarthritis—A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled	11
Lower levels of physical activity are associated with pain progression in older adults, a longitudinal study	11
Economic long‐term effects of intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment in paediatric patients with severe chronic pain: Analysis of claims data	11
The relationship of alexithymia to pain and other symptoms in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	11
Convergent validity of the central sensitization inventory in women with fibromyalgia: Association with clinical, psychological and psychophysical outcomes	11
MiRNA‐107 contributes to inflammatory pain by down‐regulating GLT‐1 expression in rat spinal dorsal horn	11
Pain paths among post‐COVID‐19 condition subjects: A prospective cross‐sectional study with in‐person evaluation	11
Short‐ and long‐term effects of conventional spinal cord stimulation on chronic pain and health perceptions: A longitudinal controlled trial	11
Amantadine prevented hypersensitivity and decreased oxidative stress by NMDA receptor antagonism after spinal cord injury in rats	11
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of neuropathic pain associated with coronavirus disease 2019	11
Indicators of central sensitization in chronic neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury	10
Preventing persistent postsurgical pain: A systematic review and component network meta‐analysis	10
The efficacy of an educational movie to improve pain and dysfunctional behavior in school children: A randomized controlled trial	10
Are menstrual symptoms associated with central sensitization inventory? A cross‐sectional study	10
Catastrophizing as a prognostic factor for pain and physical function in the multidisciplinary rehabilitation of fibromyalgia and low back pain	10
Intra‐accumbal dopaminergic system modulates the restraint stress‐induced antinociceptive behaviours in persistent inflammatory pain	10
Refining the prediction of multisite pain in 13‐year‐old boys and girls by using parent‐reported pain experiences in the first decade of life	10
The importance of context (placebo effects) in conservative interventions for musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	9
'Reassurance and healthcare seeking in people with persistent musculoskeletal low back pain consulting orthopaedic spine practitioners: A prospective cohort study'	9
Dexmedetomidine versus clonidine adjuvants to levobupivacaine for ultrasound‐guided transversus abdominis plane block in paediatric laparoscopic orchiopexy: Randomized, double‐blind study	9
Effect of mirror therapy in the treatment of phantom limb pain in amputees: A systematic review of randomized placebo‐controlled trials does not find any evidence of efficacy	9
Time course of DNA methylation in pain conditions: From experimental models to humans	9
Dance and yoga reduced functional abdominal pain in young girls: A randomized controlled trial	9
Long‐term outcomes of children with severe chronic pain: Comparison of former patients with a community sample	9
Neck and shoulder pain in adolescents seldom occur alone: Results from the Norwegian Ungdata Survey	9
Efficacy and safety of co‐crystal of tramadol‐celecoxib (CTC) in acute moderate‐to‐severe pain after abdominal hysterectomy: A randomized, double‐blind, phase 3 trial (STARDOM2)	9
The influence of physical activity on the nociceptive flexion reflex in healthy people	9
Analgesic effect of music during wound care among patients with diaphyseal tibial fractures: Randomized controlled trial	9
When one suffers less, all suffer less: Individual pain ratings are more effective than group ratings in producing placebo hypoalgesia	9
From protection to non‐protection: A mixed methods study investigating movement, posture and recovery from disabling low back pain	9
Facial expressions of pain in daily clinical practice to assess postoperative pain in children: Reliability and validity of the facial action summary score	9
Offset analgesia is reduced on the palm and increases with stimulus duration	9
Risk factors for depression and anxiety in painful and painless diabetic polyneuropathy: A multicentre observational cross‐sectional study	9
Are mindfulness treatments effective for pain in cancer patients? A systematic review and meta‐analysis	9
Increasing prevalence of chronic non‐cancer pain in Denmark from 2000 to 2017: A population‐based survey	9
The effect of uncertainty on pain decisions for self and others	8
Interplay between cellular changes in the knee joint, circulating lipids and pain behaviours in a slowly progressing murine model of osteoarthritis	8
Potential analgesic effects of psychedelics on select chronic pain conditions: A survey study	8
Spinal cord stimulation in severe cases of complex regional pain syndrome: A retrospective cohort study with long‐term follow‐up	8
Spinal voltage‐gated potassium channel Kv1.3 contributes to neuropathic pain via the promotion of microglial M1 polarization and activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome	8
The effects of attentional and interpretation biases on later pain outcomes among younger and older adults: A prospective study	8
The characteristics and prognostic role of acute abdominal on‐admission pain in acute pancreatitis: A prospective cohort analysis of 1432 cases	8
Precision management of post‐COVID pain: An evidence and clinical‐based approach	8
Antinociceptive effect of garlic, garlic preparations and derivative compounds	8
The explanatory role of sedentary screen time and obesity in the increase of chronic back pain amongst European adolescents: The HBSC study 2002–2014	8
Role of Src kinase in regulating protein kinase C mediated phosphorylation of TRPV1	8
Subcutaneous tanezumab for osteoarthritis: Is the early improvement in pain and function meaningful and sustained?	8
‘External timing’ of placebo analgesia in an experimental model of sustained pain	8
Pain‐autonomic interaction is a reliable measure of pain habituation in healthy subjects	8
What do I need to know? Essential educational concepts for complex regional pain syndrome	8
A widening gap between boys and girls in musculoskeletal complaints, while growing up from age 11 to age 20 ‐ the PIAMA birth Cohort study	8
The clinical course of neck pain: Are trajectory patterns stable over a 1‐year period?	7
Role of the endocannabinoid system in a mouse model of Fragile X undergoing neuropathic pain	7
High‐frequency spinal cord stimulation as rescue therapy for chronic pain patients with failure of conventional spinal cord stimulation	7

The role of psychological flexibility, perceived injustice and body image in Vulvodynia: A longitudinal study	7
The effect of a pain educational video intervention upon child pain‐related outcomes: A randomized controlled study	7
Impact of Check of Medication Appropriateness (CMA) in optimizing analgesic prescribing: An interrupted time series analysis	7
Dissecting pain processing in adolescents with Non‐Suicidal Self Injury: Could suicide risk lurk among the electrodes?	7
Electroacupuncture relieves neuropathic pain by inhibiting degradation of the ecto‐nucleotidase PAP in the dorsal root ganglions of CCI mice	7
The slow de‐implementation of non‐evidence‐based treatments in low back pain hospital care—Trends in treatments using Dutch hospital register data from 1991 to 2018	7
Virtual reality increases pressure pain threshold and lowers anxiety in children compared with control and non‐immersive control—A randomized, crossover trial	7
Impact of analgesic techniques on early quality of recovery after prostatectomy: A 3‐arm, randomized trial	7
Social support, social cohesion and pain during pregnancy: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study	7
Effects of childhood trauma on pain‐related distress in adults	7
Small‐fibre damage is associated with distinct sensory phenotypes in patients with fibromyalgia and small‐fibre neuropathy	7
Temporal changes in pain processing after whiplash injury, based on Quantitative Sensory Testing: A systematic review	7
Exploring patient preference heterogeneity for pharmacological treatments for chronic pain: A latent class analysis	7
The mediating effect of pain catastrophizing on pain intensity: The influence of the timing of assessments	7
Risk factors for low back pain outcome: Does it matter when they are measured?	7
Pain‐autonomic measures reveal nociceptive sensitization in complex regional pain syndrome	7
The effect of lacosamide in peripheral neuropathic pain: A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, phenotype‐stratified trial	7
Ketamine in chronic pain: A Delphi survey	7
Gold micro‐particles for knee osteoarthritis	7
Sensorimotor effects of plasticity‐inducing percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation protocols: a blinded, randomized clinical trial	7
Sensory and pain modulation profiles of ongoing central neuropathic extremity pain in multiple sclerosis	6
Body composition does not influence conditioned pain modulation and exercise‐induced hyperalgesia in healthy males and females	6
The effect of high versus low cognitive load on the development of nociceptive hypersensitivity: The roles of sympathetic arousal, sex and pain‐related fear	6
‘That's what makes me better’: Investigating children and adolescents' experiences of pain communication with healthcare professionals in paediatric rheumatology	6
N‐acylethanolamine‐hydrolysing acid amidase: A new potential target to treat paclitaxel‐induced neuropathy	6
Investigating the relationship between pain indicators and observers’ judgements of pain	6
The contribution of psychological flexibility to functioning in people living with cancer‐related pain	6
Patterns of change of multisite pain over 1 year of follow‐up and related risk factors	6
Safety and effectiveness of cannabinoids to Danish patients with treatment refractory chronic pain—A retrospective observational real‐world study	6
Reframe the pain: Divided attention and positive memory reframing to reduce needle pain and distress in children—A feasibility randomized controlled trial	6
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on patients with chronic pain in Germany: Associations with expectations and control beliefs	6
How does pain work? A qualitative analysis of how young adults with chronic pain conceptualize the biology of pain	6
The impact of chronic pain on creative ideation: An examination of the underlying attention‐related psychophysiological mechanisms	6
Conditioned pain modulation and offset analgesia: Influence of sex, sex hormone levels and menstrual cycle on the magnitude and retest reliability in healthy participants	6
The association of probable PTSD at baseline and pain‐related outcomes after chronic pain rehabilitation: A comparison of DSM‐5 and ICD‐11 criteria for PTSD	6
Temporal properties of pain contrast enhancement using repetitive stimulation	6
Chemogenetic inhibition of trigeminal ganglion neurons attenuates behavioural and neural pain responses in a model of trigeminal neuropathic pain	6
Anti‐ and Pro‐Nociceptive mechanisms in neuropathic pain after human spinal cord injury	6
Morning and evening salivary cortisol levels in patients with chronic widespread pain and those at high risk	6
Comment on the paper: Evidence‐based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines	6
Patient selection for spinal cord stimulation: The importance of an integrated assessment of clinical and psychosocial factors	6
Cannabis‐based medicines and medical cannabis for patients with neuropathic pain and other pain disorders: Nationwide register‐based pharmacoepidemiologic comparison with propensity score matched cont	6
Dependence‐like behaviour in patients treated for medication overuse headache: A prospective open‐label randomized controlled trial	6
Racial and ethnic differences in the use of lumbar imaging, opioid analgesics and spinal surgery for low back pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	6
Noninvasive management of soft tissue disorders of the shoulder: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) collaboration	6
Early age at menarche is associated with post‐menarche back pain: An analysis of the Raine Study	6
Neuropathic pain in Charcot–Marie‐Tooth disease: A clinical and laser‐evoked potential study	6
Migraine in university students: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	6
The effect of optimism on the facial expression of pain: Implications for pain communication	6
Opioids: A ‘crisis’ of too much or not enough – or simply how rich you are and where you live?	6
Pharmacological inactivation of the primate posterior insular/secondary somatosensory cortices attenuates thermal hyperalgesia	6
Five‐year observational study of Internet‐delivered cognitive behavioural pain management when offered as routine care by an online therapy clinic	6
The glial cell’s role in antinociceptive differential effects of oxytocin upon female and male rats	6
Altered prefrontal‐striatal theta‐band oscillatory dynamics underlie working memory deficits in neuropathic pain rats	6