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Overview

Siobhan M. Schabrun is affiliated with Neuroscience Research Australia and has contributions predominantly within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Neurology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

They have published extensively on topics related to pain and neuromodulation. Their main research themes include:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
  • Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Pain Management and Treatment
  • Migraine and Headache Studies

The scientist's frequent publication venues reflect their focus on pain and neurological research, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Pain
  • Pain
  • BMJ Open
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Siobhan M. Schabrun has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, with notable frequent collaborators such as:

  • David A. Seminowicz
  • Nahian Chowdhury
  • Wei-Ju Chang
  • Samantha K. Millard
  • Alan Chiang

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Schabrun include:

  • Efficacy, acceptability, and safety of muscle relaxants for adults with non-specific low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, BMJ
  • The Role of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Chronic Pain: Links to Central Sensitization and Neuroinflammation, 2024, Biomolecules
  • Comparative effectiveness and safety of analgesic medicines for adults with acute non-specific low back pain: systematic review and network meta-analysis, 2023, BMJ
  • The Effect of Acute and Sustained Pain on Corticomotor Excitability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Group and Individual Level Data, 2022, Journal of Pain
  • Low Somatosensory Cortex Excitability in the Acute Stage of Low Back Pain Causes Chronic Pain, 2021, Journal of Pain

These publications address systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and mechanistic studies primarily within musculoskeletal and chronic pain research. Their work frequently investigates the neural underpinnings of pain and its treatment modalities, including both pharmacological and neurostimulatory interventions.

Best Publications

  • A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of studies using transcranial magnetic stimulation to study the motor system: an international consensus study.

    Lucinda S Chipchase;Siobhan M Schabrun;Leonardo Cohen;Paul W Hodges

  • Peripheral electrical stimulation to induce cortical plasticity: a systematic review of stimulus parameters.

    Lucinda S Chipchase;Siobhan M Schabrun;Paul W Hodges

  • Physical activity and the mediating effect of fear, depression, anxiety, and catastrophizing on pain related disability in people with chronic low back pain.

    Paul W. M. Marshall;Siobhan Schabrun;Michael F. Knox

  • Texting and walking: strategies for postural control and implications for safety

    Siobhan M. Schabrun;Wolbert van den Hoorn;Alison Moorcroft;Cameron Greenland

  • Evidence for the retraining of sensation after stroke: a systematic review

    SM Schabrun;S. Hillier

  • Targeting Chronic Recurrent Low Back Pain From the Top-down and the Bottom-up: A Combined Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Peripheral Electrical Stimulation Intervention

    Siobhan M. Schabrun;Emma Jones;Edith L. Elgueta Cancino;Paul W. Hodges

  • Primary sensory and motor cortex function in response to acute muscle pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    E. Burns;L.S. Chipchase;S.M. Schabrun

  • Muscle Pain Differentially Modulates Short Interval Intracortical Inhibition and Intracortical Facilitation in Primary Motor Cortex

    Siobhan M. Schabrun;Paul W. Hodges

  • Smudging of the Motor Cortex Is Related to the Severity of Low Back Pain.

    Siobhan M. Schabrun;Siobhan M. Schabrun;Edith L. Elgueta-Cancino;Paul W. Hodges

  • The number of stimuli required to reliably assess corticomotor excitability and primary motor cortical representations using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Rocco Cavaleri;Siobhan M. Schabrun;Lucy S. Chipchase

  • Altered Primary Motor Cortex Structure, Organization, and Function in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Wei-Ju Chang;Neil E. O'Connell;Paula R. Beckenkamp;Ghufran Alhassani

  • Primary sensory and motor cortex excitability are co-modulated in response to peripheral electrical nerve stimulation

    Siobhan M. Schabrun;Michael C. Ridding;Mary P. Galea;Paul W. Hodges

  • Motor Cortex Reorganization and Impaired Function in the Transition to Sustained Muscle Pain

    Siobhan Schabrun;Steffan Wittrup Christensen;Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting;Thomas Graven-Nielsen

  • Corticospinal Excitability is Dependent on the Parameters of Peripheral Electric Stimulation: A Preliminary Study

    Lucinda S Chipchase;Siobhan M Schabrun;Paul W Hodges

  • Novel adaptations in motor cortical maps: the relation to persistent elbow pain

    Siobhan M Schabrun;Paul W Hodges;Bill Vicenzino;Emma Jones;Emma Jones

  • Normalizing Motor Cortex Representations in Focal Hand Dystonia

    Siobhan M. Schabrun;Cathy M. Stinear;Winston D. Byblow;Michael C. Ridding

  • Addition of transcranial direct current stimulation to quadriceps strengthening exercise in knee osteoarthritis: A pilot randomised controlled trial.

    Wei-Ju Chang;Kim L. Bennell;Paul W. Hodges;Rana S. Hinman

  • Priming the brain to learn: The future of therapy?

    Siobhan M. Schabrun;Lucinda S. Chipchase

  • Efficacy, acceptability, and safety of muscle relaxants for adults with non-specific low back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Aidan G Cashin;Aidan G Cashin;Thiago Folly;Matthew K Bagg;Matthew K Bagg;Michael A Wewege;Michael A Wewege

  • Anticipatory and compensatory postural adjustments in people with low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Michael F. Knox;Lucy S. Chipchase;Siobhan M. Schabrun;Rick J. Romero

  • Temporal association between changes in primary sensory cortex and corticomotor output during muscle pain.

    Siobhan M Schabrun;Edward G Jones;J Kloster;Paul W Hodges

  • Primary Motor Cortex Organization Is Altered in Persistent Patellofemoral Pain.

    Maxine Te;Abrahão F. Baptista;Lucy S. Chipchase;Siobhan M. Schabrun

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Graven-Nielsen
Thomas Graven-Nielsen Aalborg University
Michael C. Ridding
Michael C. Ridding University of South Australia
David A. Seminowicz
David A. Seminowicz University of Maryland, Baltimore
Michael K. Nicholas
Michael K. Nicholas University of Sydney
Joseph Classen
Joseph Classen Leipzig University
Winston D. Byblow
Winston D. Byblow University of Auckland
Cathy M. Stinear
Cathy M. Stinear University of Auckland
Mary P. Galea
Mary P. Galea University of Melbourne
Kim L. Bennell
Kim L. Bennell University of Melbourne
Peter E. Keller
Peter E. Keller University of Sydney

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