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César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

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Medicine

D-Index
104
Citations
39496
World Ranking
7057
National Ranking
104

Overview

César Fernández-de-las-Peñas is affiliated with King Juan Carlos University in Spain and has a research focus primarily in the field of medicine. Their work spans several notable subfields, including neurology, psychiatry and mental health, surgery, pharmacology, and cell biology.

Their research areas encompass a range of topics related to long-term health effects and pain mechanisms. Key topics include:

  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

They have published extensively, with frequent contributions to journals such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Medicine (39 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (23 publications)
  • Pain Medicine (21 publications)
  • Musculoskeletal Science and Practice (20 publications)
  • Diagnostics (18 publications)

Among their recent papers with high citation counts are:

  • Prevalence of post-COVID-19 symptoms in hospitalized and non-hospitalized COVID-19 survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, European Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Defining Post-COVID Symptoms (Post-Acute COVID, Long COVID, Persistent Post-COVID): An Integrative Classification, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Female Sex Is a Risk Factor Associated with Long-Term Post-COVID Related-Symptoms but Not with COVID-19 Symptoms: The LONG-COVID-EXP-CM Multicenter Study, 2022, Journal of Clinical Medicine

Collaborations are a significant part of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Juan Antonio Valera-Calero
  • Gustavo Plaza-Manzano
  • Lars Arendt-Nielsen
  • José L. Arias-Buría
  • Lidiane Lima Florêncio

Best Publications

  • Short-Term Effects of Cervical Kinesio Taping on Pain and Cervical Range of Motion in Patients With Acute Whiplash Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Javier González-Iglesias;César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas;Joshua A Cleland;Peter Huijbregts

  • Prevalence of post-COVID-19 symptoms in hospitalized and non-hospitalized COVID-19 survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;Domingo Palacios-Ceña;Víctor Gómez-Mayordomo;Lidiane L Florencio

  • EULAR recommendations for the health professional's approach to pain management in inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis

    Rinie Geenen;Cécile L Overman;Robin Christensen;Pernilla Åsenlöf

  • Defining Post-COVID Symptoms (Post-Acute COVID, Long COVID, Persistent Post-COVID): An Integrative Classification

    César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;Domingo Palacios-Ceña;Víctor Gómez-Mayordomo;María L. Cuadrado;María L. Cuadrado

  • Trigger points in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture in tension-type headache.

    César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;Cristina Alonso-Blanco;Maria Luz Cuadrado;Robert D. Gerwin

  • Myofascial Trigger Points and Sensitization: An Updated Pain Model for Tension-Type Headache:

    C. Fernández-de-las-Penas;C. Fernández-de-las-Penas;M.L. Cuadrado;Lars Arendt-Nielsen;D.G. Simons

  • Myofascial trigger points, neck mobility and forward head posture in unilateral migraine.

    C Fernández-de-las-Peñas;ML Cuadrado;JA Pareja

  • Forward head posture and neck mobility in chronic tension‐type headache: a blinded, controlled study

    C Fernández-de-las-Peñas;C Alonso-Blanco;ML Cuadrado;JA Pareja

  • Myofascial trigger points and their relationship to headache clinical parameters in chronic tension-type headache.

    César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas;Cristina Alonso-Blanco;Maria Luz Cuadrado;Robert D Gerwin

  • International Consensus on Diagnostic Criteria and Clinical Considerations of Myofascial Trigger Points: A Delphi Study.

    César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas;Jan Dommerholt

  • Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine

    Jo Nijs;Jo Nijs;Steven Z George;Daniel J Clauw;César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

  • Effectiveness of Myofascial Trigger Point Manual Therapy Combined With a Self-Stretching Protocol for the Management of Plantar Heel Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Rômulo Renan-Ordine;Francisco Alburquerque-SendÍn;Daiana Priscila Rodrigues De Souza;Joshua A. Cleland

  • Myofascial Trigger Points, Neck Mobility, and Forward Head Posture in Episodic Tension‐Type Headache

    César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;Maria L. Cuadrado;Juan A. Pareja

  • The immediate effect of ischemic compression technique and transverse friction massage on tenderness of active and latent myofascial trigger points: a pilot study

    César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;Cristina Alonso-Blanco;Josué Fernández-Carnero;Juan Carlos Miangolarra-Page

  • Prevalence of neck and low back pain in community-dwelling adults in Spain: a population-based national study.

    César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;Valentín Hernández-Barrera;Cristina Alonso-Blanco;Domingo Palacios-Ceña

  • Myofascial trigger points in subjects presenting with mechanical neck pain: a blinded, controlled study.

    C. Fernández-de-las-Peñas;C. Alonso-Blanco;J.C. Miangolarra

  • The effects of manual therapy and exercise directed at the cervical spine on pain and pressure pain sensitivity in patients with myofascial temporomandibular disorders

    R. La Touche;C. Fernández-De-Las-Peñas;J. Fernández-Carnero;K. Escalante

  • Bilateral Widespread Mechanical Pain Sensitivity in Women With Myofascial Temporomandibular Disorder: Evidence of Impairment in Central Nociceptive Processing

    César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;Fernando Galán-del-Río;Josué Fernández-Carnero;Jorge Pesquera

  • Short-Term Changes in Neck Pain, Widespread Pressure Pain Sensitivity, and Cervical Range of Motion After the Application of Trigger Point Dry Needling in Patients With Acute Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    María J. Mejuto-Vázquez;Jaime Salom-Moreno;Ricardo Ortega-Santiago;Sebastián Truyols-Domínguez

  • Muscle trigger points and pressure pain hyperalgesia in the shoulder muscles in patients with unilateral shoulder impingement: a blinded, controlled study

    Amparo Hidalgo-Lozano;César Fernández-de-las-Peñas;Cristina Alonso-Blanco;Hong-You Ge

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Arendt-Nielsen
Lars Arendt-Nielsen Aalborg University
Kelun Wang
Kelun Wang Aalborg University
Deborah Falla
Deborah Falla University of Birmingham
Peter Svensson
Peter Svensson Aarhus University
Thomas Graven-Nielsen
Thomas Graven-Nielsen Aalborg University
Jo Nijs
Jo Nijs Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bart W. Koes
Bart W. Koes Erasmus University Rotterdam
Marcelo E. Bigal
Marcelo E. Bigal Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jean Schoenen
Jean Schoenen University of Liège
Rinie Geenen
Rinie Geenen Utrecht University

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