Deborah Falla

19.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
426 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

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Deborah Falla is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Falla has authored 426 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 281 papers in Pharmacology, 128 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 100 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Deborah Falla's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (281 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (118 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (88 papers). Deborah Falla is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (281 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (118 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (88 papers). Deborah Falla collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark. Deborah Falla's co-authors include Gwendolen Jull, Dario Farina, Paul W. Hodges, Shaun O’Leary, Bill Vicenzino, Eduardo Martinez‐Valdes, Alberto Rainoldi, Frank Petzke, Roberto Merletti and Jochen Schomacher and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Falla

402 papers receiving 12.6k citations

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Role of kinesiophobia on pain, disability and quality of life in people suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review

2018 318 citations Alejandro Luque-Suárez, Deborah Falla et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effectiveness of Resistance Training of Masticatory Muscles for Patients With Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review 2025 ·Journal of Oral Rehabilitation ·(unknown), (unknown), Filippo Maselli, Firas Mourad, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrea Giusti, Deborah Falla	0
2	Physical and psychological predictors for persistent and recurrent non-specific neck pain: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis 2025 ·BMJ Open ·Canqing Yu, (unknown), Michael Mansfield, (unknown), Deborah Falla	0
3	Changes in thoracic erector spinae regional activation during postural adjustments and functional reaching tasks after spinal cord injury 2025 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul H. Strutton, Eduardo Martinez‐Valdes, Deborah Falla, Joy Roy Chowdhury, Shin‐Yi Chiou	0
4	Neuroplastic alterations in common synaptic inputs and synergistic motor unit clusters controlling the vastii muscles of individuals with ACL reconstruction 2024 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·Stefano Nuccio, (unknown), Francesco Casolo, (unknown), Luciana Labanca, (unknown), Pier Paolo Mariani, Francesco Felici, Dario Farina, Deborah Falla, Andrea Macaluso, Paola Sbriccoli, Alessandro Del Vecchio	8
5	Differences in physical examination findings between those who present with or without headache soon after a whiplash injury: a cross-sectional study 2024 ·Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy ·Ernesto Anarte‐Lazo, Deborah Falla, (unknown), Carlos Bernal‐Utrera, Cleofás Rodríguez‐Blanco	1
6	The Effect of Experimentally Induced Pain in the Cervical, Shoulder, or Orofacial Regions on Cervical Neuromuscular and Kinematic Features: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 2024 ·Journal of Pain ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Deborah Falla, Alessio Gallina	1
7	Novel Metrics for High-Density sEMG Analysis in the Time–Space Domain During Sustained Isometric Contractions 2024 ·IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Deborah Falla, Silvia Conforto	1
8	High-density surface electromyography allows to identify risk conditions and people with and without low back pain during fatiguing frequency-dependent lifting activities 2023 ·Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology ·Tiwana Varrecchia, Alberto Ranavolo, Giorgia Chini, Alessandro Marco De Nunzio, Francesco Draicchio, Eduardo Martinez‐Valdes, Deborah Falla, Silvia Conforto	3
9	Measures of neck muscle strength and their measurement properties in adults with chronic neck pain—a systematic review 2023 ·Systematic Reviews ·(unknown), (unknown), Edith Elgueta Cancino, (unknown), Deborah Falla	2
10	Ultrasound imaging assessment of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles in people with a recent history of moderate Covid-19 infection and healthy participants: A cross-sectional pilot study 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·Carlos Romero‐Morales, Deborah Falla, Daniel Pecos‐Martín, Guillermo García-Pérez-de-Sevilla, (unknown), Emmanuel Navarro‐Flores, Daniel López‐López	3
11	Modulations in motor unit discharge are related to changes in fascicle length during isometric contractions 2022 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·Eduardo Martinez‐Valdes, Francesco Negro, Alberto Botter, (unknown), Giacinto Luigi Cerone, Deborah Falla, Glen A. Lichtwark, Andrew G. Cresswell	13
12	Assessment of Neuromuscular and Psychological Function in People with Recurrent Neck Pain during a Period of Remission: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses 2022 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Alessio Gallina, Alejandro Luque-Suárez, Deborah Falla	9
13	Cervical spine and muscle adaptation after spaceflight and relationship to herniation risk: protocol from ‘Cervical in Space’ trial 2022 ·BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders ·Daniel L. Belavý, Gabriele Armbrecht, Kirsten Albracht, Helena Brisby, Deborah Falla, Richard A. Scheuring, (unknown), Hans‐Joachim Wilke, (unknown), Eduardo Martinez‐Valdes, (unknown), (unknown), Bjoern Braunstein, (unknown), (unknown), N. K. Arora	0
14	Shear wave and strain sonoelastography for the evaluation of the Achilles tendon during isometric contractions 2021 ·Insights into Imaging ·Alessandro Schneebeli, Ilaria Fiorina, Chandra Bortolotto, Marco Barbero, Deborah Falla, Corrado Cescon, Maria Vittoria Raciti, (unknown), Lorenzo Preda	6
15	Digital pain drawings are a useful and reliable tool for assessing patients with temporomandibular disorders 2021 ·Journal of Oral Rehabilitation ·Laurent Pitance, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nathalie Roussel, Corrado Cescon, Deborah Falla, Marco Barbero	13
16	Management of Neck Pain Disorders: a research informed approach 2018 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Gwendolen Jull, Deborah Falla, Julia Treleaven, Shaun O’Leary	26
17	Effect of Soft Tissue Techniques on Headache Impact, Disability, and Quality of Life in Migraine Sufferers: A Pilot Study 2018 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·Gemma Victoria Espí‐López, María-Arántzazu Ruescas-Nicolau, (unknown), Josep C. Benítez-Martínez, Pierre-Michel Dugailly, Deborah Falla	27
18	Effectiveness of dry needling for chronic nonspecific neck pain: a randomized, single-blinded, clinical trial 2016 ·Pain ·Ester Cerezo-Téllez, María Torres-Lacomba, (unknown), (unknown), Orlando Mayoral del Moral, Enrique Lluch‐Girbés, Luís Prieto, Deborah Falla	98
19	Strength training, but not endurance training, reduces motor unit discharge rate variability 2015 ·Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology ·Carolina Vila‐Chã, Deborah Falla	25
20	Spatio-temporal evaluation of neck muscle activation during postural perturbations 2004 ·PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino) ·Deborah Falla, Alberto Rainoldi, Roberto Merletti, Gwendolen Jull	2

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