European Journal of Pain

Article	Citations
Evidence‐based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines	185
Prevalence and characteristics of new‐onset pain in COVID‐19 survivours, a controlled study	64
The pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety of a novel selective‐dose cannabis inhaler in patients with chronic pain: A randomized, double‐blinded, placebo‐controlled trial	57
Prescription of exercises for the treatment of chronic pain along the continuum of nociplastic pain: A systematic review with meta‐analysis	55
Is Europe also facing an opioid crisis?—A survey of European Pain Federation chapters	53
Medical cannabis treatment for chronic pain: Outcomes and prediction of response	52
European* clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic noncancer pain – Part 1: Role of opioids in the management of chronic noncancer pain	52
Human surrogate models of central sensitization: A critical review and practical guide	49
Appropriate referral and selection of patients with chronic pain for spinal cord stimulation: European consensus recommendations and e‐health tool	42
Internet‐delivered acceptance and commitment therapy as microlearning for chronic pain: A randomized controlled trial with 1‐year follow‐up	38
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	36
Effects of neurofeedback in the management of chronic pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical trials	36
Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain	35
Psychosocial factors associated with pain and sexual function in women with Vulvodynia: A systematic review	34
Is Europe facing an opioid epidemic: What does European monitoring data tell us?	34
The burden of pain in rheumatoid arthritis: Impact of disease activity and psychological factors	34
Necessary components of psychological treatment in pain management programs: A Delphi study	33
The effect of experimental pain on the excitability of the corticospinal tract in humans: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	32
Systemic inflammatory markers in neck pain: A systematic review with meta‐analysis	31
Prevalence and incidence of phantom limb pain, phantom limb sensations and telescoping in amputees: A systematic rapid review	30
Activation of the descending pain modulatory system using cuff pressure algometry: Back translation from man to rat	29
Comparison of five conditioned pain modulation paradigms and influencing personal factors in healthy adults	29
Longitudinal outcome evaluations of Interdisciplinary Multimodal Pain Treatment programmes for patients with chronic primary musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	29
Inhibition of ferroptosis‐like cell death attenuates neuropathic pain reactions induced by peripheral nerve injury in rats	29
Spinal manipulation for the management of cervicogenic headache: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	27

Distraction from pain: The role of selective attention and pain catastrophizing	27
Challenges and opportunities in translational pain research – An opinion paper of the working group on translational pain research of the European pain federation (EFIC)	26
Examining what factors mediate treatment effect in chronic low back pain: A mediation analysis of a Cognitive Functional Therapy clinical trial	25
Metabolomics in chronic pain research	25
Insight into pain syndromes in acute phase of mild‐to‐moderate COVID‐19: Frequency, clinical characteristics, and associated factors	25
Neurophysiological mechanisms of chiropractic spinal manipulation for spine pain	25
Mindfulness meditation is related to sensory‐affective uncoupling of pain in trained novice and expert practitioners	24
Widespread myofascial dysfunction and sensitisation in women with endometriosis‐associated chronic pelvic pain: A cross‐sectional study	24
Preoperative sleep quality and adverse pain outcomes after total hip arthroplasty	24
Long‐term observational studies with cannabis‐based medicines for chronic non‐cancer pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of effectiveness and safety	23
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	23
Movement, posture and low back pain. How do they relate? A replicated single‐case design in 12 people with persistent, disabling low back pain	22
Preoperative risk factors associated with chronic pain profiles following total knee arthroplasty	22
Mindful Self‐Compassion program for chronic pain patients: A randomized controlled trial	22
Identifying goals in patients with chronic pain: A European survey	22
Impaired exercise‐induced hypoalgesia in individuals reporting an increase in low back pain during acute exercise	22
Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex attenuates capsaicin‐induced dynamic mechanical allodynia and mechanical pain sensitivity in humans	21
Characteristics and influence on quality of life of new‐onset pain in critical COVID‐19 survivors	21
The pathophysiological nature of sarcomeres in trigger points in patients with myofascial pain syndrome: A preliminary study	21
Psychological and pain profiles in persons with patellofemoral pain as the primary symptom	20
Psychosocial factors associated with pain and health‐related quality of life in Endometriosis: A systematic review	20
Nasopharyngeal swab‐induced pain for SARS‐CoV‐2 screening: A randomised controlled trial of conventional and self‐swabbing	20
‘Drawing a line in the sand’: Physician diagnostic uncertainty in paediatric chronic pain	19
Real‐world effectiveness and tolerability of carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine in 354 patients with trigeminal neuralgia	19
Peripheral and central nervous system correlates in fibromyalgia	19
Digital manikins to self‐report pain on a smartphone: A systematic review of mobile apps	19
A systematic review of cross‐cultural validation of the pain catastrophizing scale	19
Conditional expression of HIV‐1 tat in the mouse alters the onset and progression of tonic, inflammatory and neuropathic hypersensitivity in a sex‐dependent manner	18
Pain‐autonomic interaction: A surrogate marker of central sensitization	18
The impact of parental contact upon cortical noxious‐related activity in human neonates	18
European clinical practice recommendations on opioids for chronic noncancer pain – Part 2: Special situations*	17
Measures of central sensitization and their measurement properties in musculoskeletal trauma: A systematic review	17
Placebo effects in low back pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the literature	17
Strength training in addition to neuromuscular exercise and education in individuals with knee osteoarthritis—the effects on pain and sensitization	17
Insomnia is a risk factor for spreading of chronic pain: A Swedish longitudinal population study (SwePain)	17
Age differences in cognitive–affective processes in adults with chronic pain	17
Dissociation proneness and pain hyposensitivity in current and remitted borderline personality disorder	17
Metabolomic and proteomic characterization of sng and pain phenotypes in fibromyalgia	16
Characterization of pain syndromes in patients with neuromyelitis optica	16
Chronic postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: The potential contributions of synovitis, pain sensitization and pain catastrophizing—An explorative study	16
Effects of multifocal transcranial direct current stimulation targeting the motor network during prolonged experimental pain	16
Persistent moderate to severe pain and long‐term cognitive decline	15
Necessary components of psychological treatment for chronic pain: More packages for groups or process‐based therapy for individuals?	15
The serotonin receptor 2A (HTR2A) rs6313 variant is associated with higher ongoing pain and signs of central sensitization in neuropathic pain patients	15
Cognitive agency in music interventions: Increased perceived control of music predicts increased pain tolerance	15
Modulatory role of the orexin system in stress‐induced analgesia: Involvement of the ventral tegmental area	15
Medicinal cannabis for chronic pain: The bermuda triangle of low‐quality studies, countless meta‐analyses and conflicting recommendations	15
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	15
Pain relief by movement representation strategies: An umbrella and mapping review with meta‐meta‐analysis of motor imagery, action observation and mirror therapy	15
Effect of diagnostic labelling on management intentions for non‐specific low back pain: A randomized scenario‐based experiment	15

The effect of experimental and clinical musculoskeletal pain on spinal and supraspinal projections to motoneurons and motor unit properties in humans: A systematic review	15
Relative contributions of the nervous system, spinal tissue and psychosocial health to non‐specific low back pain: Multivariate meta‐analysis	15
Visual illusions modulate body perception disturbance and pain in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A randomized trial	15
Intrathecal dexmedetomidine and postoperative pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	15
Placebo response varies between different types of sham acupuncture: A randomized double‐blind trial in neck pain patients	14
Pain catastrophizing as a treatment process variable in cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with chronic pain	14
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	14
Feasibility randomized‐controlled trial of online acceptance and commitment therapy for painful peripheral neuropathy in people living with HIV: The OPEN study	14
Identifying participants with knee osteoarthritis likely to benefit from physical therapy education and exercise: A hypothesis‐generating study	14
Effectiveness of stratified treatment for back pain in Danish primary care: A randomized controlled trial	14
Association of quantitative sensory testing parameters with clinical outcome in patients with lumbar radiculopathy undergoing microdiscectomy	14
Reduced pain and analgesic use after acoustic binaural beats therapy in chronic pain ‐ A double‐blind randomized control cross‐over trial	14
Orofacial quantitative sensory testing: Current evidence and future perspectives	14
A virtual reality system for pain and anxiety management during outpatient hysteroscopy—A randomized control trial	14
Recommendations on the management of pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome: A formalised expert consensus	14
Mechanisms of change in acceptance and commitment therapy for primary headaches	14
Cannabigerol (CBG) attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity elicited by chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy	13
Crying out in pain—A systematic review into the validity of vocalization as an indicator for pain	13
A single‐blind, randomized, pilot study of a brief mindfulness‐based intervention for the endometriosis‐related pain management	13
Faces of clinical pain: Inter‐individual facial activity patterns in shoulder pain patients	13
Living with endometriosis: Comorbid pain disorders, characteristics of pain and relevance for daily life	13
Nerve growth factor sensitizes nociceptors to C‐fibre selective supra‐threshold electrical stimuli in human skin	13
Effectiveness of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
Disruption to normal excitatory and inhibitory function within the medial prefrontal cortex in people with chronic pain	13
Generalizability of harm and pain expectations after exposure in chronic low back pain patients	12
Fear of movement in children and adolescents undergoing major surgery: A psychometric evaluation of the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia	12
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of radiofrequency procedures on innervation to the shoulder joint for relieving chronic pain	12
Unique features of central neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis: Results of a cluster analysis	12
The impact of paradigm and stringent analysis parameters on measuring a net conditioned pain modulation effect: A test, retest, control study	12
Comorbidities of self‐reported fibromyalgia in United States adults: A cross‐sectional study from The National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC‐III)	12
The value of interdisciplinary treatment for sickness absence in chronic pain: A nationwide register‐based cohort study	12
Motor performance and back pain in children and adolescents: A systematic review	12
The impact of chronic pain on patients and spouses: Consequences on occupational status, distribution of household chores and care‐giving burden	12
Glucocorticoid treatment in patients with complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review	12
N‐docosahexaenoyl ethanolamine (synaptamide) has antinociceptive effects in male mice	12
Seven‐year follow‐up of persistent postsurgical pain in cardiac surgery patients: A prospective observational study of prevalence and risk factors	12
Emotions matter: The role of emotional approach coping in chronic pain	11
Pain after a motor vehicle crash: The role of socio‐demographics, crash characteristics and peri‐traumatic stress symptoms	11
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	11
Factors associated with physician consultation and medication use in children and adolescents with chronic pain: A scoping review and original data	11
Antihypersensitivity effect of betanin (red beetroot extract) via modulation of microglial activation in a mouse model of neuropathic pain	11
The effect of the anti‐diabetic drug metformin on musculoskeletal pain: A cross‐sectional study with 21,889 individuals from the UK biobank	11
Systematic reviews do not (yet) represent the ‘gold standard’ of evidence: A position paper	11
Self‐reported prognostic factors in adults reporting neck or low back pain: An umbrella review	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
Detection and assessment of postoperative pain in children with cognitive impairment: A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis	11
MiRNA‐107 contributes to inflammatory pain by down‐regulating GLT‐1 expression in rat spinal dorsal horn	11
Interpretation of cluster structures in pain‐related phenotype data using explainable artificial intelligence (XAI)	11
Polymorphisms of the μ‐opioid receptor gene influence cerebral pain processing in fibromyalgia	10
Altered regulation of negative affect in patients with fibromyalgia: A diary study	10
Parental (non‐)pain attending verbalizations moderate the relationship between child attention and memory bias for pain	10
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	10
Lower levels of physical activity are associated with pain progression in older adults, a longitudinal study	10
Blockade of bradykinin receptors or angiotensin II type 2 receptor prevents paclitaxel‐associated acute pain syndrome in mice	10
Artificial intelligence to evaluate postoperative pain based on facial expression recognition	10
Beyond pain intensity and catastrophizing: The association between self‐enhancing humour style and the adaptation of individuals with chronic pain	10
Platelet‐rich plasma and cytokines in neuropathic pain: A narrative review and a clinical perspective	10
Preventing pain after breast surgery: A systematic review with meta‐analyses and trial‐sequential analyses	10
Association of temporomandibular disorders with pain sensitivity: A cohort study	9
Pain paths among post‐COVID‐19 condition subjects: A prospective cross‐sectional study with in‐person evaluation	9
Oral capsules of tetra‐hydro‐cannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and their combination in peripheral neuropathic pain treatment	9
Status quo of pain‐related patient‐reported outcomes and perioperative pain management in 10,415 patients from 10 countries: Analysis of registry data	9
'Reassurance and healthcare seeking in people with persistent musculoskeletal low back pain consulting orthopaedic spine practitioners: A prospective cohort study'	9
Physical activity and cold pain tolerance in the general population	9
Pelvic floor muscle training for women with lumbopelvic pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	9
The response‐time relationship and covariate effects of acupuncture for chronic pain: A systematic review and model‐based longitudinal meta‐analysis	9
Interpretation biases and visual attention in the processing of ambiguous information in chronic pain	9
Interplay between body schema, visuospatial perception and pain in patients with spinal cord injury	9
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	9
Patient reported outcome measures in trigeminal neuralgia – A systematic review of psychometric performance	9
Lack of relationship between epidermal denervation by capsaicin and incisional pain behaviours: A laser scanning confocal microscopy study in rats	9
Economic long‐term effects of intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment in paediatric patients with severe chronic pain: Analysis of claims data	9
Chronotypes and disabling musculoskeletal pain: A Finnish birth cohort study	9
Neuropathic pain after thoracotomy: Tracking signs and symptoms before and at monthly intervals following surgery	9
Intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery: Incidence, risk factors and physician perception	9
Long‐term outcomes of children with severe chronic pain: Comparison of former patients with a community sample	8
Subcutaneous tanezumab for osteoarthritis: Is the early improvement in pain and function meaningful and sustained?	8
Offset analgesia is reduced on the palm and increases with stimulus duration	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
Increasing prevalence of chronic non‐cancer pain in Denmark from 2000 to 2017: A population‐based survey	8

Exploring the contextual role of pain severity as a moderator of the relationship between activity patterns and the physical and mental functioning of women with fibromyalgia	8
Alterations in SUMOylation of the hyperpolarization‐activated cyclic nucleotide‐gated ion channel 2 during persistent inflammation	8
Pain regulation during mindfulness meditation: Phenomenological fingerprints in novices and experts practitioners	8
Psoralens activate and photosensitize Transient Receptor Potential channels Ankyrin type 1 (TRPA1) and Vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1)	8
Minocycline reduces experimental muscle hyperalgesia induced by repeated nerve growth factor injections in humans: A placebo‐controlled double‐blind drug‐crossover study	8
Catastrophizing as a prognostic factor for pain and physical function in the multidisciplinary rehabilitation of fibromyalgia and low back pain	8
Dance and yoga reduced functional abdominal pain in young girls: A randomized controlled trial	8
Assessing thermal sensitivity using transient heat and cold stimuli combined with a Bayesian adaptive method in a clinical setting: A proof of concept study	8
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of neuropathic pain associated with coronavirus disease 2019	8
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	8
The interrelation between interpretation biases, threat expectancies and pain‐related attentional processing	8
The relationship of alexithymia to pain and other symptoms in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	8
Preventing persistent postsurgical pain: A systematic review and component network meta‐analysis	7
The selfBACK artificial intelligence‐based smartphone app can improve low back pain outcome even in patients with high levels of depression or stress	7
Gold micro‐particles for knee osteoarthritis	7
Within‐ and between‐session reliability of secondary hyperalgesia induced by electrical high‐frequency stimulation	7
Disentangling trait versus state characteristics of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and the PHQ‐8 Depression Scale	7
Personalized pain management: Is it time for process‐based therapy for particular people with chronic pain?	7
Mechanism underlying painful radiculopathy in patients with lumbar disc herniation	7
The influence of physical activity on the nociceptive flexion reflex in healthy people	7
Role of Src kinase in regulating protein kinase C mediated phosphorylation of TRPV1	7
Sifting the wheat from the chaff? Evidence for the existence of an asymmetric fibromyalgia phenotype	7
Impact of Check of Medication Appropriateness (CMA) in optimizing analgesic prescribing: An interrupted time series analysis	7
Amantadine prevented hypersensitivity and decreased oxidative stress by NMDA receptor antagonism after spinal cord injury in rats	7
Role of the endocannabinoid system in a mouse model of Fragile X undergoing neuropathic pain	7
The characteristics and prognostic role of acute abdominal on‐admission pain in acute pancreatitis: A prospective cohort analysis of 1432 cases	7
Dexmedetomidine versus clonidine adjuvants to levobupivacaine for ultrasound‐guided transversus abdominis plane block in paediatric laparoscopic orchiopexy: Randomized, double‐blind study	7
A hidden mesencephalic variant of central pain	7
Risk factors for depression and anxiety in painful and painless diabetic polyneuropathy: A multicentre observational cross‐sectional study	7
Treatment preferences in fibromyalgia patients: A cross‐sectional web‐based survey	7
Short‐ and long‐term effects of conventional spinal cord stimulation on chronic pain and health perceptions: A longitudinal controlled trial	7
Communicating with children about ‘everyday’ pain and injury: A Delphi study	7
Dissecting pain processing in adolescents with Non‐Suicidal Self Injury: Could suicide risk lurk among the electrodes?	7
Facial expressions of pain in daily clinical practice to assess postoperative pain in children: Reliability and validity of the facial action summary score	7
Indicators of central sensitization in chronic neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury	7
‘External timing’ of placebo analgesia in an experimental model of sustained pain	7
Sick leave due to back pain, common mental disorders and disability pension: Common genetic liability	7
The explanatory role of sedentary screen time and obesity in the increase of chronic back pain amongst European adolescents: The HBSC study 2002–2014	7
Analgesic effect of music during wound care among patients with diaphyseal tibial fractures: Randomized controlled trial	7
Visual trajectory pattern as prognostic factors for neck pain	7