Siegfried Mense

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
163 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Siegfried Mense is a scholar working on Physiology, Cell Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Siegfried Mense has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Physiology, 47 papers in Cell Biology and 38 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Siegfried Mense's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (116 papers), Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment (45 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (35 papers). Siegfried Mense is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (116 papers), Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment (45 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (35 papers). Siegfried Mense collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Denmark. Siegfried Mense's co-authors include Ulrich Hoheisel, Thomas Graven‐Nielsen, David Simons, H. Meyer, Robert F. Schmidt, M Stahnke, Thomas Unger, A. D. Craig, K.-D. Kniffki and I. Jon Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Siegfried Mense

159 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Nociception from skeletal muscle in relation to clinical ... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Nociception from skeletal muscle in relation to clinical muscle pain
    1993 632 citations Siegfried Mense Pain profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Siegfried Mense Germany 51 4.4k 2.4k 2.2k 1.2k 1.1k 163 8.3k
Frank Birklein Germany 59 7.7k 1.7× 5.5k 2.3× 2.0k 0.9× 782 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 272 13.3k
Wilfrid Jänig Germany 54 6.0k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 808 0.4× 2.7k 2.2× 778 0.7× 197 10.8k
Walter Magerl Germany 50 5.0k 1.1× 2.5k 1.0× 704 0.3× 800 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 111 8.1k
Charles J. Vierck United States 41 3.5k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 559 0.3× 1.0k 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 139 6.6k
Hermann O. Handwerker Germany 49 4.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.6× 457 0.2× 1.2k 1.0× 396 0.3× 101 7.2k
Serge Marchand Canada 51 3.0k 0.7× 2.8k 1.2× 460 0.2× 451 0.4× 1.7k 1.4× 156 6.4k
Robert D. Foreman United States 50 3.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 443 0.2× 1.0k 0.8× 323 0.3× 239 9.1k
Christian Maihöfner Germany 45 3.9k 0.9× 3.4k 1.4× 964 0.4× 409 0.3× 651 0.6× 136 7.2k
Christian S. Stohler United States 41 3.4k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 337 0.2× 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 89 8.4k
Donald A. Simone United States 51 6.8k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 403 0.2× 3.3k 2.7× 587 0.5× 142 10.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Siegfried Mense

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Siegfried Mense

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoheisel, Ulrich, Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Siegfried Mense, & Toru Taguchi. (2025). Central projections of nociceptive input originating from the low back and limb muscle in rats. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 2552–2552.
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Mense, Siegfried. (2019). Innervation of the thoracolumbar fascia. European Journal of Translational Myology. 29(3). 8297–8297. 79 indexed citations
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Mense, Siegfried & Ulrich Hoheisel. (2016). Evidence for the existence of nociceptors in rat thoracolumbar fascia. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 20(3). 623–628. 29 indexed citations
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Mense, Siegfried. (2011). Unterschiede zwischen myofazialen Triggerpunkten und „tender points“. Der Schmerz. 25(1). 93–104. 15 indexed citations
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Mense, Siegfried & Robert D. Gerwin. (2010). Understanding the mechanisms. Springer eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Taguchi, Toru, Ulrich Hoheisel, & Siegfried Mense. (2008). Dorsal horn neurons having input from low back structures in rats. Pain. 138(1). 119–129. 56 indexed citations
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Graven‐Nielsen, Thomas, Michele Curatolo, & Siegfried Mense. (2006). Central sensitization, referred pain and deep tissue hyperalgesia in musculoskeletal pain. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 217–230. 12 indexed citations
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Gholami, S., Daniela Lambertz, Ulrich Hoheisel, & Siegfried Mense. (2006). Effects on c-Fos expression in the PAG and thalamus by selective input via tetrodotoxin-resistant afferent fibres from muscle and skin. Neuroscience Research. 56(3). 270–278. 8 indexed citations
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Graven‐Nielsen, Thomas, Siegfried Mense, & Lars Arendt‐Nielsen. (2005). Sensations from skeletal muscle to mechanical stimulation. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1 indexed citations
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Hoheisel, Ulrich, Thomas Unger, & Siegfried Mense. (2005). The possible role of the NO-cGMP pathway in nociception: Different spinal and supraspinal action of enzyme blockers on rat dorsal horn neurones. Pain. 117(3). 358–367. 31 indexed citations
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Mense, Siegfried. (2004). Neurobiological basis for the use of botulinum toxin in pain therapy. Journal of Neurology. 251(0). 1–1. 126 indexed citations
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Hoheisel, Ulrich, et al.. (2003). Pathophysiological activity in rat dorsal horn neurones in segments rostral to a chronic spinal cord injury. Brain Research. 974(1-2). 134–145. 25 indexed citations
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Steffens, Heinz, et al.. (2003). Tetrodotoxin block of A-fibre afferents from skin and muscle – a tool to study pure C-fibre effects in the spinal cord. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 445(5). 607–613. 15 indexed citations
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Roy, Pierre Van, et al.. (2001). Anatomical background of low back pain: variability and degeneration of the lumbar spinal canal and intervertebral disc. Der Schmerz. 15(6). 418–424. 14 indexed citations
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Mense, Siegfried & Ulrich Hoheisel. (2001). Stickstoffmonoxid-Mangel im Rückenmark als möglicher Faktor für die Entstehung von Spontanschmerzen. Der Schmerz. 15(1). 19–25. 7 indexed citations
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Hoheisel, Ulrich, et al.. (1995). Changes in NADPH-diaphorase activity in the rat dorsal horn following an acute experimental myositis. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 103(6). 459–462. 7 indexed citations
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Hoheisel, Ulrich, et al.. (1995). Effects of an acute muscle nerve section on the excitability of dorsal horn neurones in the rat. Pain. 60(2). 151–158. 3 indexed citations
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Mense, Siegfried. (1993). Nociception from skeletal muscle in relation to clinical muscle pain. Pain. 54(3). 241–289. 632 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mense, Siegfried. (1990). Structure-function relationships in identified afferent neurones. Anatomy and Embryology. 181(1). 1–17. 26 indexed citations
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Mense, Siegfried & A. D. Craig. (1988). Spinal and supraspinal terminations of primary afferent fibers from the gastrocnemius-soleus muscle in the cat. Neuroscience. 26(3). 1023–1035. 109 indexed citations

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