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Rolf-Detlef Treede

Rolf-Detlef Treede

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Neuroscience

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121
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74508
World Ranking
370
National Ranking
26

Medicine

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121
Citations
74545
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National Ranking
187

Overview

Rolf-Detlef Treede is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has conducted extensive research primarily within the field of Medicine, with notable contributions across several subfields including Physiology, Pharmacology, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

Their work frequently addresses topics related to pain, covering various aspects such as Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, Myofascial Pain Diagnosis and Treatment, and Pain Management and Opioid Use.

Recent papers include the following:

  • Challenges of neuropathic pain: focus on diabetic neuropathy (2020, Journal of Neural Transmission)
  • Classification of chronic pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11): results of the 2017 international World Health Organization field testing (2021, Pain)
  • Human surrogate models of central sensitization: A critical review and practical guide (2021, European Journal of Pain)
  • Features and methods to discriminate between mechanism-based categories of pain experienced in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi expert consensus study (2022, Pain)
  • No pain, still gain (of function): the relation between sensory profiles and the presence or absence of self-reported pain in a large multicenter cohort of patients with neuropathy (2020, Pain)

They have collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Andrea Truini
  • André Mouraux
  • Jan Vollert
  • Nanna Brix Finnerup
  • Ombretta Caspani

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Pain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Pain
  • PAIN Reports
  • Clinical Neurophysiology

Best Publications

  • Human brain mechanisms of pain perception and regulation in health and disease.

    A. Vania Apkarian;M. Catherine Bushnell;Rolf Detlef Treede;Jon Kar Zubieta

  • Neuropathic pain Redefinition and a grading system for clinical and research purposes

    R. D. Treede;T. S. Jensen;J. N. Campbell;G. Cruccu

  • A classification of chronic pain for ICD-11.

    Rolf Detlef Treede;Winfried Rief;Antonia Barke;Qasim Aziz

  • Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11).

    Rolf Detlef Treede;Winfried Rief;Antonia Barke;Qasim Aziz

  • Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based recommendations.

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Miroslav Backonja;John T. Farrar

  • Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Standardized protocol and reference values

    R. Rolke;R. Baron;C. Maier;T.R. Tölle

  • Recommendations for the Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain: An Overview and Literature Update

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Joseph Audette;Ralf Baron

  • Quantitative sensory testing: a comprehensive protocol for clinical trials

    R. Rolke;W. Magerl;K. Andrews Campbell;C. Schalber

  • A new definition of neuropathic pain

    Troels S. Jensen;Ralf Baron;Maija Haanpää;Eija Kalso

  • The Kyoto protocol of IASP Basic Pain Terminology.

    John D. Loeser;Rolf-Detlef Treede

  • The cortical representation of pain.

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

  • NeuPSIG guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment

    Maija Haanpää;Nadine Attal;Miroslav Backonja;Ralf Baron

  • Neuropathic pain: An updated grading system for research and clinical practice

    Nanna B. Finnerup;Simon Haroutounian;Peter Kamerman;Ralf Baron

  • Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Somatosensory abnormalities in 1236 patients with different neuropathic pain syndromes

    C. Maier;R. Baron;T. R. Tölle;A. Binder

  • The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: Chronic primary pain

    Michael Nicholas;Johan W.S. Vlaeyen;Johan W.S. Vlaeyen;Winfried Rief;Antonia Barke

  • Peripheral and central mechanisms of cutaneous hyperalgesia.

    Rolf Detlef Treede;Richard A. Meyer;Srinivasa N. Raja;James N. Campbell

  • The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic neuropathic pain.

    Joachim Scholz;Nanna B. Finnerup;Nadine Attal;Qasim Aziz

  • Recommendations for the clinical use of somatosensory-evoked potentials

    G. Cruccu;M.J. Aminoff;G. Curio;J.M. Guerit

  • The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic postsurgical or posttraumatic pain.

    Stephan Schug;Patricia Lavand'homme;Antonia Barke;Beatrice Korwisi

  • EFNS guidelines on neuropathic pain assessment: revised 2009.

    G. Cruccu;C. Sommer;P. Anand;N. Attal

  • Nerve fibre discharges, cerebral potentials and sensations induced by CO2 laser stimulation.

    B Bromm;R D Treede

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Magerl
Walter Magerl Heidelberg University
Roman Rolke
Roman Rolke RWTH Aachen University
Ralf Baron
Ralf Baron Kiel University
Christoph Maier
Christoph Maier Ruhr University Bochum
Thomas R. Tölle
Thomas R. Tölle Technical University of Munich
Frank Birklein
Frank Birklein Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Andrew S.C. Rice
Andrew S.C. Rice Imperial College London
Winfried Rief
Winfried Rief Philipp University of Marburg
Per Hansson
Per Hansson Karolinska Institute
Christian Schmahl
Christian Schmahl Heidelberg University

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