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Richard H. Gracely is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions across several subfields including Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, and Physiology.

The scientist's work predominantly addresses topics related to musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, pain mechanisms and treatments, scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, heart rate variability and autonomic control, and pain management and treatment.

Frequent publication venues for Richard H. Gracely include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Arthritis Care & Research
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Preprints.org
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard H. Gracely include:

  • "Predictors of Lumbar Spine Degeneration and Low Back Pain in the Community: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project" (2021, Arthritis Care & Research)
  • "Cardiac-Gated Neuromodulation Increased Baroreflex Sensitivity and Reduced Pain Sensitivity in Female Fibromyalgia Patients" (2022, Journal of Clinical Medicine)
  • "Cardiac Gated Neuromodulation Increased Baroreflex Sensitivity and Reduced Pain Sensitivity in Female Fibromyalgia Patients" (2022, Preprints.org)
  • "A Randomized, Controlled Investigation of Motor Cortex Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Effects on Quantitative Sensory Measures in Healthy Adults: Evaluation of TMS Device Parameters" (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • "Development of a computerized 2D rating scale for continuous and simultaneous evaluation of two dimensions of a sensory stimulus" (2023, Frontiers in Psychology)

Richard H. Gracely frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • Adam P. Goode
  • Steven Z. George
  • Todd A. Schwartz
  • Virginia B. Kraus
  • Joanne M. Jordan

Best Publications

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence of augmented pain processing in fibromyalgia

    Richard H. Gracely;Richard H. Gracely;Frank Petzke;Julie M. Wolf;Daniel J. Clauw;Daniel J. Clauw

  • Pain measurement: an overview

    C. R. Chapman;K. L. Casey;R. Dubner;K. M. Foley

  • The cortical representation of pain.

    Rolf Detlef Treede;Daniel R. Kenshalo;Richard Harvey Gracely;Anthony K.P. Jones

  • Pain catastrophizing and neural responses to pain among persons with fibromyalgia

    R. H. Gracely;M. E. Geisser;T. Giesecke;M. A.B. Grant

  • Evidence of Augmented Central Pain Processing in Idiopathic Chronic Low Back Pain

    Thorsten Giesecke;Richard H. Gracely;Masilo A. B. Grant;Alf Nachemson;Alf Nachemson

  • Painful neuropathy: altered central processing maintained dynamically by peripheral input.

    Richard Harvey Gracely;Sue A. Lynch;Gary J. Bennett

  • Amitriptyline relieves diabetic neuropathy pain in patients with normal or depressed mood

    M. B. Max;M. Culnane;S. C. Schafer;Richard Harvey Gracely

  • Peripheral suppression of first pain and central summation of second pain evoked by noxious heat pulses

    Donald D. Price;James W. Hu;Ronald Dubner;Richard H. Gracely

  • Ratio scales of sensory and affective verbal pain descriptors

    Richard H. Gracely;Patricia McGrath;Ronald Dubner

  • Decreased Central μ-Opioid Receptor Availability in Fibromyalgia

    Richard E. Harris;Daniel J. Clauw;David J. Scott;Samuel A. McLean

  • Imipramine in Patients with Chest Pain Despite Normal Coronary Angiograms

    Richard O. Cannon;Arshed A. Quyyumi;Rita Mincemoyer;Annette M. Stine

  • Value of quantitative sensory testing in neurological and pain disorders: NeuPSIG consensus.

    Miroslav Misha Backonja;Nadine Attal;Ralf Baron;Didier Bouhassira

  • Subgrouping of fibromyalgia patients on the basis of pressure-pain thresholds and psychological factors.

    Thorsten Giesecke;David A. Williams;Richard E. Harris;Thomas R. Cupps

  • The relationship between depression, clinical pain, and experimental pain in a chronic pain cohort

    Thorsten Giesecke;Richard H. Gracely;David A. Williams;Michael E. Geisser

  • Amitriptyline, but Not Lorazepam, Relieves Postherpetic Neuralgia

    M. Max;S. Schafer;M. Culnane;B. Smoller

  • Neural activation during acute capsaicin-evoked pain and allodynia assessed with PET.

    Michael J. Iadarola;Karen Faith Berman;Thomas A. Zeffiro;Michael G. Byas-Smith;Michael G. Byas-Smith

  • Increased pain sensitivity in fibromyalgia: effects of stimulus type and mode of presentation

    Frank Petzke;Daniel J Clauw;Kirsten Ambrose;Albert Khine

  • Evidence for two distinct perceptual alterations in irritable bowel syndrome

    B D Naliboff;J Munakata;S Fullerton;R H Gracely

  • Evidence of dysfunctional pain inhibition in Fibromyalgia reflected in rACC during provoked pain

    Karin B. Jensen;Eva Kosek;Frank Petzke;Serena Carville

  • Validity and sensitivity of ratio scales of sensory and affective verbal pain descriptors: manipulation of affect by diazepam.

    Richard H. Gracely;Patricia McGrath;Ronald Dubner

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Clauw
Daniel J. Clauw University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David A. Williams
David A. Williams Boston Children's Hospital
Ronald Dubner
Ronald Dubner University of Maryland, Baltimore
Richard E. Harris
Richard E. Harris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gary J. Bennett
Gary J. Bennett McGill University
Dan Buskila
Dan Buskila Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ernest Choy
Ernest Choy Cardiff University
Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini
Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini University of Milan
Fabiola Atzeni
Fabiola Atzeni University of Messina
Jennifer M. Glass
Jennifer M. Glass University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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