Petra Schweinhardt

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Petra Schweinhardt is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Physiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Petra Schweinhardt has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Pharmacology, 60 papers in Physiology and 39 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Petra Schweinhardt's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (63 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (57 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (33 papers). Petra Schweinhardt is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (63 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (57 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (33 papers). Petra Schweinhardt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Petra Schweinhardt's co-authors include M. Catherine Bushnell, Susanne Becker, David A. Seminowicz, Patrick B. Wood, Boris A. Chizh, Christian Spenger, Irene Tracey, Wiebke Gandhi, Christoph P. Hofstetter and Michael L. Meier and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Petra Schweinhardt

111 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Allodynia limits the usefulness of intraspinal neural stem cell grafts; directed differentiation improves outcome

2005 511 citations Christoph P. Hofstetter, Johan Lilja et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Petra Schweinhardt Canada	37	2.0k	1.7k	1.7k	1.4k	783	116	5.1k
Marco L. Loggia United States	43	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	462 0.6×	124	5.1k
Ruth Ruscheweyh Germany	33	2.2k 1.1×	875 0.5×	947 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	130	4.5k
Joshua A. Bueller United States	21	1.9k 0.9×	819 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	749 0.6×	891 1.1×	27	4.8k
Paul Geha United States	23	2.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	700 0.5×	596 0.8×	40	4.3k
Alban Latrémolière United States	22	2.8k 1.4×	866 0.5×	540 0.3×	617 0.5×	1.8k 2.2×	37	5.0k
David A. Seminowicz United States	40	2.7k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	4.7k 2.8×	2.0k 1.5×	1.7k 2.2×	115	9.9k
Christian S. Stohler United States	41	3.4k 1.7×	1.8k 1.0×	3.3k 1.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	89	8.4k
Eric A. Moulton United States	29	1.3k 0.6×	539 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	435 0.6×	59	3.8k
Walter Magerl Germany	50	5.0k 2.5×	2.5k 1.4×	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	800 1.0×	111	8.1k
Luis Villanueva France	40	2.7k 1.3×	838 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	538 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	113	4.5k

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Wirth, Brigitte, et al.. (2025). Pain beliefs, treatment expectations, and treatment experiences in spinal pain – a scoping review of qualitative studies. Pain Management. 16(1). 61–71.

Jüngel, Astrid, Hubert Rehrauer, Lennart Opitz, et al.. (2025). Identification of two biological subgroups of complex regional pain syndrome type 1 by transcriptomic profiling of skin and blood in women. Molecular Medicine. 31(1). 94–94. 1 indexed citations

Wirth, Brigitte, et al.. (2024). An observational cross-sectional study on the characteristics of children and adolescents with non-specific spinal pain stratified by pain severity. BMC Pediatrics. 24(1). 757–757. 1 indexed citations

Young, Kenneth J., Charlotte Leboeuf‐Yde, Cecilia Bergström, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms of manipulation: a systematic review of the literature on immediate anatomical structural or positional changes in response to manually delivered high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 32(1). 28–28. 2 indexed citations

Menon, Carlo, et al.. (2024). Variability and repeatability of spinal manipulation force–time characteristics in thoracic spinal manipulation on a manikin. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 32(1). 33–33. 2 indexed citations

Pagé, Isabelle, et al.. (2023). Spinal mobilization force-time characteristics: A scoping literature review. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0289462–e0289462. 1 indexed citations

Pagé, Isabelle, et al.. (2023). Spinal manipulation characteristics: a scoping literature review of force-time characteristics. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 31(1). 36–36. 12 indexed citations

Schweinhardt, Petra, et al.. (2023). Evidence for dopaminergic involvement in endogenous modulation of pain relief. eLife. 12. 5 indexed citations

Wirth, Brigitte & Petra Schweinhardt. (2023). Personalized assessment and management of non‐specific low back pain. European Journal of Pain. 28(2). 181–198. 13 indexed citations

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Brunner, Florian, et al.. (2023). Sensory phenotypes in complex regional pain syndrome and chronic low back pain—indication of common underlying pathomechanisms. PAIN Reports. 8(6). e1110–e1110. 3 indexed citations

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Brunner, Florian, et al.. (2023). Central sensitization in CRPS patients with widespread pain: a cross-sectional study. Pain Medicine. 24(8). 974–984. 11 indexed citations

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Rösner, Jan, et al.. (2022). Anti‐ and Pro‐Nociceptive mechanisms in neuropathic pain after human spinal cord injury. European Journal of Pain. 26(10). 2176–2187. 9 indexed citations

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Frangos, Eleni, Marta Čeko, John L. Gracely, et al.. (2020). Neural effects of placebo analgesia in fibromyalgia patients and healthy individuals. Pain. 162(2). 641–652. 9 indexed citations

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Schmid, Stefan, et al.. (2020). Fear-avoidance beliefs are associated with reduced lumbar spine flexion during object lifting in pain-free adults. Pain. 162(6). 1621–1631. 25 indexed citations

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Amorim, Michel‐Ange, et al.. (2019). Unravelling functional neurology: does spinal manipulation have an effect on the brain? - a systematic literature review. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. 27(1). 60–60. 13 indexed citations

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Becker, Susanne, et al.. (2013). The role of dopamine in the perceptual modulation of nociceptive stimuli by monetary wins or losses. European Journal of Neuroscience. 38(7). 3080–3088. 47 indexed citations

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Wood, Patrick B., Petra Schweinhardt, Alain Dagher, et al.. (2007). Fibromyalgia patients show an abnormal dopamine response to pain. European Journal of Neuroscience. 25(12). 3576–3582. 331 indexed citations

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Schweinhardt, Petra, et al.. (2007). Accelerated Brain Gray Matter Loss in Fibromyalgia Patients: Premature Aging of the Brain?. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(15). 4004–4007. 464 indexed citations

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Wartolowska, K, Petra Schweinhardt, P Wordsworth, et al.. (2007). Clinical and experimental pain processing in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with anti-TNF. Lara D. Veeken. 46. 1 indexed citations

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Hofstetter, Christoph P., Johan Lilja, Petra Schweinhardt, et al.. (2005). Allodynia limits the usefulness of intraspinal neural stem cell grafts; directed differentiation improves outcome. Nature Neuroscience. 8(3). 346–353. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

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