ArticlePain management2024
"Trying to explain the unexplainable": why research on contextual factors in musculoskeletal pain is needed.
Article in Pain management, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Verbal framing, rather than measured cognitive-affective variables, is associated with short-term outcomes after spinal manipulation: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Pain management · 2026Trial
- Ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin injection in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis: comparison of plantar fascia origin injection and the babcock method-a randomized controlled trial.Future science OA · 2026Article
- Prediction, pain, and the power of context: toward a contemporary identity for the chiropractic profession.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Review
- Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation for Opioid Tolerance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Proteomics Analysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Dose-Response Relationship Between Acupuncture Parameters and Pain Reduction in Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Considerations for Issues of Regression to the Mean and Contextual Effects in Clinical Trials for Pain in Rheumatic Diseases.Arthritis care & research · 2026Review
- Negative expectations and related nocebo effects in shoulder pain: a perspective for clinicians and researchers.Pain management · 2025Review
- Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors?Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
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