Michael Thacker

2.3k total citations
48 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Thacker is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Physiology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Thacker has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Pharmacology, 19 papers in Physiology and 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Michael Thacker's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (19 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (11 papers). Michael Thacker is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (19 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (11 papers). Michael Thacker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland. Michael Thacker's co-authors include Stephen B. McMahon, Fabien Marchand, Anna K. Clark, G. Lorimer Moseley, Catherine Blake, Catherine Doody, Anthony Staines, Keith M. Smart, Neil E O’Connell and James H. McAuley and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Pain and European Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michael Thacker

44 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Thacker 762 744 348 270 262 48 1.7k
Christian Geber 860 1.1× 483 0.6× 313 0.9× 98 0.4× 238 0.9× 53 1.6k
Magali Millecamps 1.3k 1.7× 800 1.1× 323 0.9× 477 1.8× 163 0.6× 55 2.3k
Carsten Dahl Mørch 970 1.3× 523 0.7× 393 1.1× 219 0.8× 146 0.6× 93 1.5k
Kai Jensen 826 1.1× 496 0.7× 182 0.5× 208 0.8× 521 2.0× 33 1.5k
Geoffrey M. Bove 614 0.8× 403 0.5× 120 0.3× 213 0.8× 252 1.0× 54 1.5k
Roi Treister 655 0.9× 384 0.5× 409 1.2× 150 0.6× 290 1.1× 64 1.4k
Sreepadma Sonty 656 0.9× 526 0.7× 712 2.0× 125 0.5× 312 1.2× 6 1.4k
Janne Gierthmühlen 981 1.3× 650 0.9× 205 0.6× 113 0.4× 207 0.8× 58 1.6k
Astrid Juhl Terkelsen 974 1.3× 578 0.8× 171 0.5× 212 0.8× 177 0.7× 64 1.9k
Heidrun H. Krämer 662 0.9× 247 0.3× 360 1.0× 244 0.9× 215 0.8× 50 1.5k

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All Works

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Thacker, Michael. (2025). Physical Activity. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 58(6). 1021–1032.
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Rossi, Luca, Francesco Cerritelli, Michael Thacker, & Jorge E. Esteves. (2025). The role of sensory attenuation in symptomatic and healthy individuals: a scoping review. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 19. 1590127–1590127.
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Rossettini, Giacomo, et al.. (2024). Exploring the role of therapeutic alliance and biobehavioural synchrony in musculoskeletal care: Insights from a qualitative study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 73. 103164–103164. 4 indexed citations
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Mansfield, Michael, et al.. (2024). The association between conditioned pain modulation and psychological factors in people with chronic spinal pain: A systematic review. British Journal of Pain. 18(4). 314–324. 4 indexed citations
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Pezzulo, Giovanni, et al.. (2024). The fear-avoidance model as an embodied prediction of threat. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 24(5). 781–792. 5 indexed citations
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Mansfield, Michael, Michael Thacker, Joseph L. Taylor, et al.. (2023). The association between psychosocial factors and mental health symptoms in cervical spine pain with or without radiculopathy on health outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 24(1). 235–235. 7 indexed citations
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Kiverstein, Julian, Michael D. Kirchhoff, & Michael Thacker. (2022). An Embodied Predictive Processing Theory of Pain Experience. Review of Philosophy and Psychology. 13(4). 973–998. 33 indexed citations
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Mansfield, Michael, et al.. (2017). Factors associated with physical activity participation in adults with chronic cervical spine pain: a systematic review. Physiotherapy. 104(1). 54–60. 8 indexed citations
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Hodkinson, Duncan J., Owen O’Daly, Michael Thacker, et al.. (2015). Cerebral analgesic response to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen. Pain. 156(7). 1301–1310. 37 indexed citations
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Hodkinson, Duncan J., Kristina Krause, Tara Renton, et al.. (2013). Quantifying the test–retest reliability of cerebral blood flow measurements in a clinical model of on-going post-surgical pain: A study using pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling. NeuroImage Clinical. 3. 301–310. 34 indexed citations
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Tabor, Abby, Mark J. Catley, Simon C. Gandevia, Michael Thacker, & G. Lorimer Moseley. (2013). Perceptual bias in pain: A switch looks closer when it will relieve pain than when it won’t. Pain. 154(10). 1961–1965. 12 indexed citations
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Smart, Keith M., Catherine Blake, Anthony Staines, Michael Thacker, & Catherine Doody. (2012). Mechanisms-based classifications of musculoskeletal pain: Part 3 of 3: Symptoms and signs of nociceptive pain in patients with low back (±leg) pain. Manual Therapy. 17(4). 352–357. 58 indexed citations
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Smart, Keith M., Catherine Blake, Anthony Staines, Michael Thacker, & Catherine Doody. (2012). Mechanisms-based classifications of musculoskeletal pain: Part 2 of 3: Symptoms and signs of peripheral neuropathic pain in patients with low back (±leg) pain. Manual Therapy. 17(4). 345–351. 55 indexed citations
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Howard, Matthew A., Kristina Krause, Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh, et al.. (2012). Alterations in resting‐state regional cerebral blood flow demonstrate ongoing pain in osteoarthritis: An arterial spin‐labeled magnetic resonance imaging study. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 64(12). 3936–3946. 64 indexed citations
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Smart, Keith M., Catherine Blake, Anthony Staines, Michael Thacker, & Catherine Doody. (2012). Mechanisms-based classifications of musculoskeletal pain: Part 1 of 3: Symptoms and signs of central sensitisation in patients with low back (±leg) pain. Manual Therapy. 17(4). 336–344. 133 indexed citations
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Aguda, Baltazar D., Clay B. Marsh, Michael Thacker, & Elliott D. Crouser. (2011). An In Silico Modeling Approach to Understanding the Dynamics of Sarcoidosis. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19544–e19544. 4 indexed citations
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Thacker, Michael. (2004). Explain Pain. By David Butler and G. Lorimor Moseley. Noigroup, Adelaide, 2003, 129 pp. ISBN 0 97509 10 0 X. Physiotherapy Research International. 9(4). 185–187. 2 indexed citations
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Thacker, Michael & Steve Thompson. (2000). Chemokine immunoreactivity is expressed by sensory neurons following peripheral nerve injury.. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12. 435–435. 1 indexed citations

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