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Roman Rolke is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has a substantial body of research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range, with notable focus areas as follows:

  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies

Roman Rolke has contributed to numerous papers, some recent examples include:

  • Effect of early palliative care for patients with glioblastoma (EPCOG): a randomised phase III clinical trial protocol, 2020, BMJ Open
  • Neural correlates of multisensory integration in the human brain: an ALE meta-analysis, 2022, Reviews in the Neurosciences
  • Quantitative sensory testing predicts histological small fiber neuropathy in postural tachycardia syndrome, 2020, Neurology Clinical Practice
  • General Practitioners' Perspectives on General and Specialized Palliative Home Care in North Rhine, Germany: An Explorative Focus Group Study, 2020, American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
  • The serotonin receptor 2A (HTR2A) rs6313 variant is associated with higher ongoing pain and signs of central sensitization in neuropathic pain patients, 2020, European Journal of Pain

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Angelika Lampert
  • Maike F. Dohrn
  • Iris Appelmann
  • Norbert Krumm
  • Jörg B. Schulz

The scientist publishes frequently in venues such as:

  • Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin
  • Der Schmerz
  • European Journal of Pain
  • Pain
  • Journal of Neurology

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Quantitative sensory testing: a comprehensive protocol for clinical trials

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

  • 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

  • Management of cancer pain in adult patients: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    M Fallon;R Giusti;F Aielli;P Hoskin

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

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

  • Differential expression patterns of cytokines in complex regional pain syndrome

    Nurcan Üçeyler;Tatiana Eberle;Roman Rolke;Frank Birklein

  • Pseudoradicular and radicular low-back pain – A disease continuum rather than different entities? Answers from quantitative sensory testing

    Rainer Freynhagen;Roman Rolke;Ralf Baron;Thomas R. Tölle

  • High opiate receptor binding potential in the human lateral pain system.

    Ulf Baumgärtner;Hans-Georg Buchholz;Alexander Bellosevich;Walter Magerl

  • The unpleasantness of tonic pain is encoded by the insular cortex.

    M. Schreckenberger;T. Siessmeier;A. Viertmann;C. Landvogt

  • Somatosensory profiles in subgroups of patients with myogenic temporomandibular disorders and Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

    Doreen B. Pfau;Roman Rolke;Ralf Nickel;Rolf-Detlef Treede

  • Quantitative Sensory Testing Profiles in Chronic Back Pain Are Distinct From Those in Fibromyalgia

    Klaus Blumenstiel;Andreas Gerhardt;Roman Rolke;Christiane Bieber

  • Pain elicited by blunt pressure: neurobiological basis and clinical relevance.

    R.-D. Treede;R. Rolke;K. Andrews;W. Magerl

  • Transient receptor potential channel polymorphisms are associated with the somatosensory function in neuropathic pain patients.

    Andreas Binder;Denisa May;Ralf Baron;Christoph Maier

  • Human surrogate models of neuropathic pain.

    Thomas Klein;Walter Magerl;Roman Rolke;Rolf-Detlef Treede

  • Thermal thresholds predict painfulness of diabetic neuropathies.

    Heidrun H. Krämer;Roman Rolke;Andreas Bickel;Frank Birklein

  • Deep pain thresholds in the distal limbs of healthy human subjects

    R. Rolke;K. Andrews Campbell;W. Magerl;R.-D. Treede

  • Quantitative sensory testing (QST). English version.

    M. Mücke;H. Cuhls;L. Radbruch;R. Baron

  • Numbness in clinical and experimental pain--a cross-sectional study exploring the mechanisms of reduced tactile function.

    Christian Geber;Walter Magerl;Ricarda Fondel;Marcel Fechir

  • Left-hemispheric dominance for articulation: a prospective study on acute ischaemic dysarthria at different localizations

    P. P. Urban;R. Rolke;S. Wicht;A. Keilmann

  • Thermal hypoaesthesia differentiates secondary restless legs syndrome associated with small fibre neuropathy from primary restless legs syndrome

    Cornelius G. Bachmann;Roman Rolke;Uta Scheidt;Christine Stadelmann

  • Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation of the primary sensory cortex on somatosensory perception.

    Lisa Grundmann;Roman Rolke;Michael A. Nitsche;Goran Pavlakovic

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf-Detlef Treede
Rolf-Detlef Treede Heidelberg University
Frank Birklein
Frank Birklein Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Walter Magerl
Walter Magerl Heidelberg University
Christoph Maier
Christoph Maier Ruhr University Bochum
Thomas R. Tölle
Thomas R. Tölle Technical University of Munich
Marianne Dieterich
Marianne Dieterich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rainer Freynhagen
Rainer Freynhagen Technical University of Munich
Walter Paulus
Walter Paulus University of Göttingen
Christian Maihöfner
Christian Maihöfner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Claudia Sommer
Claudia Sommer University of Würzburg

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