Frank Birklein

22.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
272 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Frank Birklein is a scholar working on Physiology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Birklein has authored 272 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 190 papers in Physiology, 125 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and 86 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Frank Birklein's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (173 papers), Pain Management and Treatment (121 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (86 papers). Frank Birklein is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (173 papers), Pain Management and Treatment (121 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (86 papers). Frank Birklein collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frank Birklein's co-authors include B. Neundörfer, Christian Maihöfner, Hermann O. Handwerker, Tanja Schlereth, Martin Schmelz, Roman Rolke, Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Walter Magerl, M. Weber and Claudia Sommer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Frank Birklein

262 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

Quantitative sensory testing: a comprehensive protocol for clinical trials

2005 1.1k citations Roman Rolke, Walter Magerl et al. profile →
Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the “Budapest Criteria”) for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

2010 835 citations Stephen Bruehl, Frank Birklein et al. Pain profile →
Clinical features and pathophysiology of complex regional pain syndrome

2011 473 citations Johan Marinus, G. Lorimer Moseley et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Monitoring Everyday Upper Extremity Function in Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Secondary, Retrospective Analysis from ncRNAPain 2024 ·Pain Research and Management ·(unknown), Ann‐Kristin Reinhold, (unknown), (unknown), Frank Birklein, Heike L. Rittner, (unknown)	2
2	Pain catastrophizing levels differentiate between common diseases with pain: HIV, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, and breast cancer survivors 2024 ·Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·Reetta Sipilä, Eija Kalso, Harriet Kemp, (unknown), (unknown), Andrew S.C. Rice, Frank Birklein, Violeta Dimova	0
3	Interindividual variability in cold-pressor pain sensitivity is not explained by peripheral vascular responding and generalizes to a C-nociceptor–specific pain phenotype 2024 ·Pain ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roman Rolke, Dirk Prawitt, Frank Birklein, Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Walter Magerl	3
4	Delphi study to define core clinical outcomes for inclusion in a complex regional pain syndrome international research registry and data bank 2022 ·Pain ·Alison Llewellyn, (unknown), Sharon Grieve, Frank Birklein, Florian Brunner, Andreas Göebel, R. Norman Harden, Stephen Bruehl, (unknown), (unknown), Candy McCabe	5
5	Autoantibodies from patients with complex regional pain syndrome induce pro-inflammatory effects and functional disturbances on endothelial cells in vitro 2022 ·Pain ·Backialakshmi Dharmalingam, Pratibha Singh, Patrick Schramm, Frank Birklein, Manfred Kaps, Katrin Susanne Lips, Gábor Szalay, Franz Blaes, Marlene Tschernatsch	3
6	Nociceptive two-point discrimination acuity and body representation failure in polyneuropathy 2022 ·Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Frank Birklein, Violeta Dimova	2
7	Das autonome Nervensystem 2022 ·Ralf Baron, Frank Birklein, Peter Flachenecker, Janne Gierthmühlen, W. Jänig, (unknown), Wolfgang H. Jost, Gerhard J. Jungehülsing, (unknown), (unknown), H. Krammer, (unknown), Winfried Neuhuber, Tanja Schlereth, Hans-Peter Seelig, (unknown), Joachim Weis	0
8	Alloimmune Myositis as Paraneoplastic Complication of an Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Severe Chronic Graft vs Host Disease or a Manifestation of Chronic Graft vs Host Disease? A Case Report and Literature Discussion 2021 ·Transplantation Proceedings ·(unknown), Beate Hauptrock, Oliver Kriege, Wilfried Wagner, (unknown), Andreas Schwarting, Frank Birklein, Matthias Theobald, Eva Wagner-Drouet	1
9	Microvascular Barrier Protection by microRNA-183 via FoxO1 Repression: A Pathway Disturbed in Neuropathy and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 2021 ·Journal of Pain ·Ann‐Kristin Reinhold, Ellaine Salvador, Carola Y. Förster, Frank Birklein, Heike L. Rittner	11
10	Reduced serum protease activity in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: The impact of angiotensin-converting enzyme and carboxypeptidases 2021 ·Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis ·Simone König, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tanja Schlereth, (unknown), Frank Birklein	6
11	Pain Phenotypes in Rare Musculoskeletal and Neuromuscular Diseases 2021 ·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nehal Shah, (unknown), Frank Birklein, (unknown), Seward B. Rutkove, David Kronn, Alison M. Boyce, Eduard Kraft, Jaymin Upadhyay	28
12	The Valencia consensus-based adaptation of the IASP complex regional pain syndrome diagnostic criteria 2021 ·Pain ·Andreas Göebel, Frank Birklein, Florian Brunner, J. David Clark, Janne Gierthmühlen, Norman Harden, Frank Huygen, Lone Knudsen, Candy McCabe, Jennifer Lewis, Christian Maihöfner, Walter Magerl, G. Lorimer Moseley, Astrid Juhl Terkelsen, Ilona Thomassen, Stephen Bruehl	96
13	Substance P Serum Degradation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – Another Piece of the Puzzle? 2021 ·Journal of Pain ·Simone König, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heike L. Rittner, (unknown), Frank Birklein	8
14	Anti–pan-neurofascin IgG3 as a marker of fulminant autoimmune neuropathy 2019 ·Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation ·(unknown), Atay Vural, (unknown), (unknown), Luise Appeltshauser, (unknown), (unknown), Christian Dresel, Aikaterini Papagianni, Frank Birklein, Joachim Weis, (unknown), Christian Schmidt, Peter Körtvélyessy, Carmen Villmann, Edgar Meinl, Claudia Sommer, Frank Leypoldt, Kathrin Doppler	56
15	Hemi-sensory disturbances in patients with complex regional pain syndrome 2018 ·Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University) ·Peter D. Drummond, P.M. Finch, Frank Birklein, (unknown), Lone Knudsen	1
16	Intermittent hyperammonemic encephalopathy after ureterosigmoidostomy: spontaneous onset in the absence of hepatic failure 2015 ·Editor-in-Chief s Voice List of Authors is an Important Element in a Scientific Publication ·Wolfgang Jäger, (unknown), (unknown), Frank Birklein, Joachim W. Thüroff, Raimund Stein	5
17	Clinical features and pathophysiology of complex regional pain syndrome breakdown → 2011 ·The Lancet Neurology ·Johan Marinus, G. Lorimer Moseley, Frank Birklein, Ralf Baron, Christian Maihöfner, Wade S. Kingery, Jacobus J. van Hilten	473
18	Keeping Memory Clear and Stable--The Contribution of Human Basal Ganglia and Prefrontal Cortex to Working Memory 2010 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Bernhard Baier, H.‐O. Karnath, Marianne Dieterich, Frank Birklein, (unknown), N. Müller	115
19	Sympathetic activity at rest and motor brain areas: FDG–PET study 2008 ·Autonomic Neuroscience ·P. Schlindwein, Hans‐Georg Buchholz, M. Schreckenberger, P. Bartenstein, Marianne Dieterich, Frank Birklein	24
20	Komplexes regionales Schmerzsyndrom Klinik und autonome Störung während akuter und chronischer Krankheitsstadien 1999 ·Der Nervenarzt ·Frank Birklein, Bernhard Riedl, Norbert Grießinger, B. Neundörfer	4

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