David S. Butler

4.5k citations

46 papers · 3.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 21

Pharmacology top 0.2%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation 18
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine top 2%
- Pain Management and Treatment 5
Cognitive Neuroscience top 5%
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect 8
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine top 2%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 5%
Neurology
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders 7
Physiology
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments 6
Rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery 5
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders 3
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology 3

Co-authors: G. Lorimer Moseley Emilio J. Puentedura Ina Diener Adriaan Louw Michel W. Coppieters Louis Gifford Robert Nee Ian Fulton
Cited by: Pharmacology Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Cognitive Neuroscience
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

David S. Butler

45 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Fifteen Years of Explaining Pain: The Past, Present, and Future
2011 The Effect of Neuroscience Education on Pain, Disability, Anxiety, and Stress in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

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1	Neuropathic Symptoms and Frequency of Chronic Pain in an International Online Sample of Individuals with Sub-Acute and Chronic Stroke Brendon Haslam,David S. Butler,Anthony Kim,Leeanne M. Carey	2025	0
2	People with painful knee osteoarthritis hold negative implicit attitudes towards activity Brian W. Pulling,F BRAITHWAITE,Joanne Mignone,David S. Butler,J.P. Cañeiro,Ottmar V. Lipp,Tasha R. Stanton	2024	4
3	Teaching Patients About Pain: The Emergence of Pain Science Education, its Learning Frameworks and Delivery Strategies G. Lorimer Moseley,Hayley B. Leake,Anneke J. Beetsma,James A. Watson,David S. Butler,Annika van der Mee,Jennifer Stinson,Daniel S. Harvie,Tonya M. Palermo,Mira Meeus,Cormac Ryan	2023	24
4	Item development and pre-testing of an Osteoarthritis Conceptualisation Questionnaire to assess knowledge and beliefs in people with knee pain Brian W. Pulling,F BRAITHWAITE,David S. Butler,Anna Vogelzang,G. Lorimer Moseley,Mark J. Catley,Carolyn Murray,Tasha R. Stanton	2023	2
5	Somatosensory Impairment and Chronic Pain Following Stroke: An Observational Study Brendon Haslam,David S. Butler,Anthony Kim,Leeanne M. Carey	2023	10
6	Body Schema as Assessed by Upper Limb Left/Right Judgment Tasks Is Altered in Stroke: Implications for Motor Imagery Training Brendon Haslam,David S. Butler,Timothy S. Cocks,Anthony Kim,Leeanne M. Carey	2022	5
7	Key Learning Statements for Persistent Pain Education: An Iterative Analysis of Consumer, Clinician and Researcher Perspectives and Development of Public Messaging Hayley B. Leake,Amelia K. Mardon,Tasha R. Stanton,Daniel S. Harvie,David S. Butler,Emma L. Karran,Dianne Wilson,John Booth,Trevor Barker,Penelope Wood,Kal Fried,Chris Hayes,Lissanthea Taylor,Melanie Macoun,Amanda Simister,G. Lorimer Moseley,Carolyn Berryman	2022	19
8	The EPIPHA-KNEE trial: Explaining Pain to target unhelpful pain beliefs to Increase PHysical Activity in KNEE osteoarthritis – a protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trial with clinical- and cost-effectiveness analysis Tasha R. Stanton,F BRAITHWAITE,David S. Butler,G. Lorimer Moseley,Catherine Hill,Rachel Milte,Julie Ratcliffe,Carol Maher,Christy Tomkins‐Lane,Brian W. Pulling,Erin MacIntyre,Adrian Esterman,Ty Stanford,Hopin Lee,François Fraysse,Ben Metcalf,Brendan Mouatt,Kim L. Bennell	2021	5
9	A pain science education and walking program to increase physical activity in people with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a feasibility study Tasha R. Stanton,Emma L. Karran,David S. Butler,Melissa J. Hull,Sarah N. Schwetlik,F BRAITHWAITE,Hannah Jones,G. Lorimer Moseley,Catherine Hill,Christy Tomkins‐Lane,Carol Maher,Kim L. Bennell	2020	17
10	Fifteen Years of Explaining Pain: The Past, Present, and Futurebreakdown → G. Lorimer Moseley,David S. Butler	2015	553
11	Motor Imagery in People With a History of Back Pain, Current Back Pain, Both, or Neither K. Jane Bowering,David S. Butler,Ian Fulton,G. Lorimer Moseley	2014	78
12	Preoperative education addressing postoperative pain in total joint arthroplasty: Review of content and educational delivery methods Adriaan Louw,Ina Diener,David S. Butler,Emilio J. Puentedura	2012	91
13	Preoperative education for lumbar radiculopathy: A survey of US spine surgeons Adriaan Louw,David S. Butler,Ina Diener,Emilio J. Puentedura	2012	18
14	The Effect of Neuroscience Education on Pain, Disability, Anxiety, and Stress in Chronic Musculoskeletal Painbreakdown → Adriaan Louw,Ina Diener,David S. Butler,Emilio J. Puentedura	2011	480
15	Language and the pain experience Dianne Wilson,Marie Williams,David S. Butler	2008	35
16	Do ‘sliders’ slide and ‘tensioners’ tension? An analysis of neurodynamic techniques and considerations regarding their application Michel W. Coppieters,David S. Butler	2007	254
17	South African arbitration legislation - the need for reform David S. Butler	1994	2
18	The Concept of Adverse Mechanical Tension in the Nervous System Part 1: Testing for “Dural tension” David S. Butler,Louis Gifford	1989	64
19	The Concept of Adverse Mechanical Tension in the Nervous System Part 2: Examination and Treatment David S. Butler,Louis Gifford	1989	33
20	Early development of spherical blast from a particular charge Frank J. Berry,David S. Butler,Maurice Holt	1955	5

About David S. Butler

David S. Butler is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation, having authored 46 papers that have together received 3.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (18 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (8 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (7 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (5 papers), Pain Management and Treatment (5 papers), Peripheral Nerve Disorders (3 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacology (1.7k citations), Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (232 citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (662 citations). David S. Butler has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include G. Lorimer Moseley, Emilio J. Puentedura, Ina Diener, Adriaan Louw, Michel W. Coppieters, Louis Gifford, Robert Nee, Ian Fulton, Sarah B. Wallwork and Dianne Wilson.

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