| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Survey of chronic pain in Europe: Prevalence, impact on daily life, and treatment | European Journal of Pain | 2006 | 4,080 |
| 2 | Human brain mechanisms of pain perception and regulation in health and disease | European Journal of Pain | 2005 | 2,538 |
| 3 | The pain self-efficacy questionnaire: Taking pain into account | European Journal of Pain | 2007 | 1,144 |
| 4 | Quantitative sensory testing: a comprehensive protocol for clinical trials | European Journal of Pain | 2006 | 1,105 |
| 5 | Minimal clinically important changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity measured on a numerical rating scale | European Journal of Pain | 2004 | 1,090 |
| 6 | Sex differences in pain and analgesia: the role of gonadal hormones | European Journal of Pain | 2004 | 447 |
| 7 | The management of cancer‐related breakthrough pain: Recommendations of a task group of the Science Committee of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland | European Journal of Pain | 2009 | 420 |
| 8 | Recommendations on terminology and practice of psychophysical DNIC testing | European Journal of Pain | 2010 | 415 |
| 9 | Assessment and manifestation of central sensitisation across different chronic pain conditions | European Journal of Pain | 2018 | 411 |
| 10 | Recommendations on practice of conditioned pain modulation (CPM) testing | European Journal of Pain | 2015 | 367 |
| 11 | The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia: further examination of psychometric properties in patients with chronic low back pain and fibromyalgia | European Journal of Pain | 2004 | 366 |
| 12 | Psychosocial predictors and correlates for chronic post‐surgical pain (CPSP) – A systematic review | European Journal of Pain | 2009 | 346 |
| 13 | Efficacy of classification‐based cognitive functional therapy in patients with non‐specific chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial | European Journal of Pain | 2013 | 346 |
| 14 | Do pain problems in young school children persist into early adulthood? A 13-year follow-up | European Journal of Pain | 2004 | 344 |
| 15 | Costs of back pain in Germany | European Journal of Pain | 2009 | 343 |
| 16 | Addiction to opioids in chronic pain patients: A literature review | European Journal of Pain | 2007 | 342 |
| 17 | The association between health care professional attitudes and beliefs and the attitudes and beliefs, clinical management, and outcomes of patients with low back pain: A systematic review | European Journal of Pain | 2012 | 341 |
| 18 | Review of aetiological concepts of temporomandibular pain disorders: towards a biopsychosocial model for integration of physical disorder factors with psychological and psychosocial illness impact factors | European Journal of Pain | 2005 | 331 |
| 19 | Evidence for a direct relationship between cognitive and physical change during an education intervention in people with chronic low back pain | European Journal of Pain | 2004 | 326 |
| 20 | Reliability and validity of a modified Brief Pain Inventory short form in patients with osteoarthritis | European Journal of Pain | 2006 | 314 |
| 21 | The burden of neuropathic pain: results from a cross-sectional survey | European Journal of Pain | 2006 | 313 |
| 22 | Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) can reduce postoperative analgesic consumption. A meta-analysis with assessment of optimal treatment parameters for postoperative pain | European Journal of Pain | 2003 | 312 |
| 23 | Epidemiology of painful procedures performed in neonates: A systematic review of observational studies | European Journal of Pain | 2016 | 305 |
| 24 | Epidemiology, co-morbidity, and impact on health-related quality of life of self-reported headache and musculoskeletal pain-a gender perspective | European Journal of Pain | 2004 | 304 |
| 25 | Central pain in multiple sclerosis - prevalence and clinical characteristics | European Journal of Pain | 2005 | 297 |
| 26 | CCL2 is a key mediator of microglia activation in neuropathic pain states | European Journal of Pain | 2009 | 283 |
| 27 | Intrathecally administered endotoxin or cytokines produce allodynia, hyperalgesia and changes in spinal cord neuronal responses to nociceptive stimuli in the rat | European Journal of Pain | 2000 | 281 |
| 28 | Clinical course of non‐specific low back pain: A systematic review of prospective cohort studies set in primary care | European Journal of Pain | 2013 | 279 |
| 29 | Evidence for central sensitization in patients with osteoarthritis pain: A systematic literature review | European Journal of Pain | 2014 | 278 |
| 30 | Clinical practice guidelines for the noninvasive management of low back pain: A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration | European Journal of Pain | 2017 | 275 |
| 31 | Guidelines on the management of fibromyalgia syndrome – A systematic review | European Journal of Pain | 2010 | 274 |
| 32 | Wind-up and the NMDA receptor complex from a clinical perspective | European Journal of Pain | 2000 | 273 |
| 33 | Quality of life in chronic pain is more associated with beliefs about pain, than with pain intensity | European Journal of Pain | 2005 | 272 |
| 34 | Sex differences in opioid analgesia: clinical and experimental findings | European Journal of Pain | 2004 | 261 |
| 35 | Neuropathic pain prevalence following spinal cord injury: A systematic review and meta‐analysis | European Journal of Pain | 2017 | 254 |
| 36 | Generalized deep-tissue hyperalgesia in patients with chronic low-back pain | European Journal of Pain | 2007 | 252 |
| 37 | Anticonvulsants in neuropathic pain: rationale and clinical evidence | European Journal of Pain | 2002 | 249 |
| 38 | The efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions in the management of procedural pain in preterm and term neonates | European Journal of Pain | 2007 | 248 |
| 39 | Analgesic efficacy and adverse effects of epidural morphine compared to parenteral opioids after elective caesarean section: A systematic review | European Journal of Pain | 2010 | 243 |
| 40 | Short-term efficacy of pharmacotherapeutic interventions in osteoarthritic knee pain: A meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials | European Journal of Pain | 2007 | 242 |
| 41 | Disuse and deconditioning in chronic low back pain: concepts and hypotheses on contributing mechanisms | European Journal of Pain | 2003 | 239 |
| 42 | Spinal cord stimulation for complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review of the clinical and cost-effectiveness literature and assessment of prognostic factors | European Journal of Pain | 2006 | 237 |
| 43 | Descending facilitatory modulation of a behavioral nociceptive response by stimulation in the adult rat anterior cingulate cortex | European Journal of Pain | 2000 | 231 |
| 44 | Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain: Brain changes and the role of body representation | European Journal of Pain | 2014 | 229 |
| 45 | Acupuncture and dry needling in the management of myofascial trigger point pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials | European Journal of Pain | 2009 | 226 |
| 46 | Catastrophizing and internal pain control as mediators of outcome in the multidisciplinary treatment of chronic low back pain | European Journal of Pain | 2004 | 225 |
| 47 | Recommendations for using opioids in chronic non-cancer pain | European Journal of Pain | 2003 | 223 |
| 48 | A randomised controlled trial with prolonged‐release oral oxycodone and naloxone to prevent and reverse opioid‐induced constipation | European Journal of Pain | 2009 | 222 |
| 49 | Self‐efficacy is more important than fear of movement in mediating the relationship between pain and disability in chronic low back pain | European Journal of Pain | 2011 | 220 |
| 50 | Peripheral neuropathic pain-a multidimensional burden for patients | European Journal of Pain | 2001 | 215 |
