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  1. CSF levels of apolipoprotein C1 and autotaxin found to associate with neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle, Emmanuel Bäckryd

  2. The importance of emotional distress, cognitive behavioural factors and pain for life impact at baseline and for outcomes after rehabilitation – a SQRP study of more than 20,000 chronic pain patients

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Pain, May 2019, De Gruyter

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  3. Brain network changes in Chronic Widespread Pain patients

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, May 2019, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle, Helene van Ettinger - Veenstra

  4. Who benefits from multimodal rehabilitation – an exploration of pain, psychological distress, and life impacts in over 35,000 chronic pain patients identified in the Swedish Quality Registry for Pain Rehabilitation

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, March 2019, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  5. Internet-delivered aftercare following multimodal rehabilitation program for chronic pain: a qualitative feasibility study

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, September 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle, Professor Gerhard Andersson

  6. Experiences and attitudes about physical activity and exercise in patients with chronic pain: a qualitative interview study

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, January 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle, Professor Gerhard Andersson

  7. Plasma Cytokine Levels in Fibromyalgia and Their Response to 15 Weeks of Progressive Resistance Exercise or Relaxation Therapy

    Article • Mediators of Inflammation, January 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Monika Löfgren, Professor Björn Gerdle

  8. Fair or square? Experiences of introducing a new method for assessing general work ability in a sickness insurance context

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  9. Musculoskeletal signs in female homecare personnel: A longitudinal epidemiological study

    Article • Work, October 2017, IOS Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  10. A cross-sectional study of factors associated with the number of anatomical pain sites in an actual elderly general population: results from the PainS65+ cohort

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, August 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  11. Systemic alterations in plasma proteins from women with chronic widespread pain compared to healthy controls: a proteomic study

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, April 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  12. Clear differences in cerebrospinal fluid proteome between women with chronic widespread pain and healthy women – a multivariate explorative cross-sectional study

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, March 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle, Emmanuel Bäckryd

  13. Prevalence of different pain categories based on pain spreading on the bodies of older adults in Sweden: a descriptive-level and multilevel association with demographics, comorbidities, medications, and certain lifestyle factors (PainS65+)

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, November 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  14. Myosin light chain and calcium regulating protein differences in chronic musculoskeletal neck and shoulder pain

    Article • Journal of Integrated OMICS, June 2016, Proteomass

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  15. Specific proteins of the trapezius muscle correlate with pain intensity and sensitivity – an explorative multivariate proteomic study of the trapezius muscle in women with chronic widespread pain

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, June 2016, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  16. Chronic Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD): Responses to Nerve Blocks of Cervical Zygapophyseal Joints

    Article • Pain Medicine, March 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  17. A new way of assessing arm function in activity using kinematic Exposure Variation Analysis and portable inertial sensors – A validity study

    Article • Manual Therapy, February 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  18. Dynamic Changes in Nociception and Pain Perception After Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Neuropathic Pain Patients

    Article • Clinical Journal of Pain, December 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  19. Latent Class Analysis of the Short and Long Forms of the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire: Further Examination of Patient Subgroups

    Article • Journal of Pain, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  20. The Swedish version of the Insomnia Severity Index: Factor structure analysis and psychometric properties in chronic pain patients

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Pain, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  21. Effects of Experimental Tooth Clenching on Pain and Intramuscular Release of 5-HT and Glutamate in Patients With Myofascial TMD

    Article • Clinical Journal of Pain, August 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  22. Comorbidities, intensity, frequency and duration of pain, daily functioning and health care seeking in local, regional, and widespread pain—a descriptive population-based survey (SwePain)

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  23. Muscle pain sensitivity after glutamate injection is not modified by systemic administration of monosodium glutamate

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  24. Protein alterations in women with chronic widespread pain – An explorative proteomic study of the trapezius muscle

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2015, Nature

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  25. Multivariate proteomic analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with peripheral neuropathic pain and healthy controls – a hypothesis-generating pilot study

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, July 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  26. Resistance exercise improves muscle strength, health status and pain intensity in fibromyalgia—a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Arthritis Research & Therapy, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  27. Single-Point but Not Tonic Cuff Pressure Pain Sensitivity Is Associated with Level of Physical Fitness – A Study of Non-Athletic Healthy Subjects

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2015, PLOS

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  28. Ziconotide Trialing by Intrathecal Bolus Injections: An Open-Label Non-Randomized Clinical Trial in Postoperative/Posttraumatic Neuropathic Pain Patients Refractory to Conventional Treatment

    Article • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface, April 2015, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  29. The relationships between pain, disability, and health-related quality of life: an 8-year follow-up study of female home care personnel

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  30. Severity of chronic pain in an elderly population in Sweden—impact on costs and quality of life

    Article • Pain, March 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  31. Differential effects of repetitive oral administration of monosodium glutamate on interstitial glutamate concentration and muscle pain sensitivity

    Article • Nutrition, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  32. Algogenic substances and metabolic status in work-related Trapezius Myalgia: a multivariate explorative study

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  33. Chronic musculoskeletal pain: review of mechanisms and biochemical biomarkers as assessed by the microdialysis technique

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  34. Effects of Motion Sickness on Encoding and Retrieval Performance and on Psychophysiological Responses

    Article • Journal of Ergonomics, January 2014, OMICS Publishing Group

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  35. Serotonin, glutamate and glycerol are released after the injection of hypertonic saline into human masseter muscles – a microdialysis study

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  36. Comorbid insomnia in patients with chronic pain: a study based on the Swedish quality registry for pain rehabilitation (SQRP)

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  37. Multivariate Modeling of Proteins Related to Trapezius Myalgia, a Comparative Study of Female Cleaners with or without Pain

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2013, PLOS

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  38. Palmitoylethanolamide and stearoylethanolamide levels in the interstitium of the trapezius muscle of women with chronic widespread pain and chronic neck-shoulder pain correlate with pain intensity and sensitivity

    Article • Pain, September 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  39. Is Pain Intensity Really That Important to Assess in Chronic Pain Patients? A Study Based on the Swedish Quality Registry for Pain Rehabilitation (SQRP)

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2013, PLOS

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  40. Subgroups based on thermal and pressure pain thresholds in women with chronic whiplash display differences in clinical presentation – an explorative study

    Article • Journal of Pain Research, November 2012, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle, Associate professor Gunilla M Liedberg, Ms Mia K M Wallin

  41. Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD): Responses to pharmacological challenges and psychometric tests

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Pain, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  42. Thermal Detection and Pain Thresholds but Not Pressure Pain Thresholds Are Correlated With Psychological Factors in Women With Chronic Whiplash-associated Pain

    Article • Clinical Journal of Pain, January 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Ms Mia K M Wallin, Professor Björn Gerdle

  43. The relation between neuromuscular control and pain intensity in fibromyalgia

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, June 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  44. Salivary cortisol response to acute stress and its relation to psychological factors in women with chronic trapezius myalgia—A pilot study

    Article • Psychoneuroendocrinology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  45. Altered neuromuscular control mechanisms of the trapezius muscle in fibromyalgia

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  46. Impact of the interaction between self-efficacy, symptoms and catastrophising on disability, quality of life and health in with chronic pain patients

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  47. Physiological responses to low-force work and psychosocial stress in women with chronic trapezius myalgia

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  48. The complex interplay between pain intensity, depression, anxiety and catastrophising with respect to quality of life and disability

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  49. Personality Features in Female Fibromyalgia Syndrome

    Article • Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  50. Bradykinin and kallidin levels in the trapezius muscle in patients with work-related trapezius myalgia, in patients with whiplash associated pain, and in healthy controls – A microdialysis study of women

    Article • Pain, October 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  51. Firing rate and conduction velocity of single motor units in the trapezius muscle in fibromyalgia patients and healthy controls

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  52. A pilot study using Tissue Velocity Ultrasound Imaging (TVI) to assess muscle activity pattern in patients with chronic trapezius myalgia

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  53. Prevalence of widespread pain and associations with work status: a population study

    Article • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  54. Chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain - A comparison of those who meet criteria for fibromyalgia and those who do not

    Article • European Journal of Pain, July 2008, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  55. Biochemical alterations in the trapezius muscle of patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD) - A microdialysis study

    Article • European Journal of Pain, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  56. Location of innervation zone determined with multichannel surface electromyography using an optical flow technique

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  57. Managing chronic whiplash associated pain with a combination of low-dose opioid (remifentanil) and NMDA-antagonist (ketamine)

    Article • European Journal of Pain, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  58. Surface electromyography and peak torque of repetitive maximum isokinetic plantar flexions in relation to aspects of muscle morphology

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, June 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  59. Increased levels of interstitial potassium but normal levels of muscle IL-6 and LDH in patients with trapezius myalgia

    Article • Pain, December 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  60. Activity limitation in rheumatoid arthritis correlates with reduced grip force regardless of sex: The Swedish TIRA project

    Article • Arthritis & Rheumatism, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  61. Increase in muscle nociceptive substances and anaerobic metabolism in patients with trapezius myalgia: microdialysis in rest and during exercise

    Article • Pain, December 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  62. Peripheral effects of needle stimulation (acupuncture) on skin and muscle blood flow in fibromyalgia

    Article • European Journal of Pain, April 2004, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  63. Effects of acupuncture on skin and muscle blood flow in healthy subjects

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, June 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  64. The Incidence of Whiplash Trauma and the Effects of Different Factors on Recovery

    Article • Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques, April 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  65. Prospective Study of Trigeminal Sensibility After Whiplash Trauma

    Article • Journal of Spinal Disorders, December 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  66. Quantitative Sensory Testing in Fibromyalgia Patients and in Healthy Subjects: Identification of Subgroups

    Article • Clinical Journal of Pain, December 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  67. Survival with pain: An eight‐year follow‐up of war‐wounded refugees

    Article • Medicine Conflict & Survival, April 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  68. Mean frequency and signal amplitude of the surface EMG of the quadriceps muscles increase with increasing torque — a study using the continuous wavelet transform

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, April 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  69. Wheelchair seating intervention. Results from a client-centred approach

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  70. Feldenkrais Intervention in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Pilot Study

    Article • Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, January 2001, The Haworth Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  71. A pilot study of body awareness programs in the treatment of fibromyalgia syndrome

    Article • Arthritis & Rheumatism, October 2000, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  72. Criterion validation of surface EMG variables as fatigue indicators using peak torque

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, August 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  73. Ketamine reduces muscle pain, temporal summation, and referred pain in fibromyalgia patients

    Article • Pain, April 2000, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  74. Reproducibility of surface EMG during dynamic shoulder forward flexions: a study of clinically healthy subjects

    Article • Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, October 1999, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  75. Reproducibility of surface EMG variables and peak torque during three sets of ten dynamic contractions

    Article • Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, October 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  76. Acquisition, Processing and Analysis of the Surface Electromyogram

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  77. Manual Acupuncture in Fibromyalgia: A Long-Term Pilot Study

    Article • Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, January 1999, The Haworth Press

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  78. Physical and Psychosocial Work-related Risk Factors Associated with Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Home Care Personnel

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, June 1998, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  79. Neuropsychological Aspects of Driving After Brain Lesion: Simulator Study and On-Road Driving

    Article • Applied Neuropsychology, December 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  80. Disability and Impairment in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Possible Pathogenesis and Etiology

    Article • Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, January 1995, Begell House

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  81. The relationship between contraction and relaxation during fatiguing isokinetic shoulder flexions. An electromyographic study

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, November 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  82. Muscle function in primary fibromyalgia — A preliminary study

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, January 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  83. Electromyographic signs of fatigue during dynamic and static knee extensions

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, January 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  84. Leisure and muscular performance in health and disease

    Article • Clinical Biomechanics, February 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  85. Mechanical output and iEMG of isokinetic plantar flexion in 40-64-year-old subjects

    Article • Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, June 1985, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle

  86. Characteristics of repeated isokinetic plantar flexions in middle-aged and elderly subjects with special regard to muscular work

    Article • Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, June 1985, Wiley

    Professor Björn Gerdle