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Steven P. Cohen is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their academic work focuses primarily on medicine, with a significant number of publications concentrated in pharmacology, surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, anesthesiology and pain medicine, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Spine and intervertebral disc pathology
  • Anesthesia and pain management
  • Pain management and treatment
  • Pain mechanisms and treatments
  • Shoulder injury and treatment
  • Pain management and opioid use

Steven P. Cohen has authored papers published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Pain Practice
  • Pain
  • The Lancet

Some recent publications include:

  • "Chronic pain: an update on burden, best practices, and new advances," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Low back pain," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Nociplastic pain: towards an understanding of prevalent pain conditions," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Neuromodulation for chronic pain," 2021, The Lancet
  • "Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for lumbar facet joint pain from a multispecialty, international working group," 2020, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven P. Cohen are:

  • Virgílio Bento
  • Vijay Yanamadala
  • Jan Van Zundert
  • Dora Janela
  • Fernando Dias Correia

Best Publications

  • What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

    Jan Hartvigsen;Mark J Hancock;Alice Kongsted;Quinette Louw

  • Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions.

    Nadine E Foster;Johannes R Anema;Dan Cherkin;Roger Chou

  • Low back pain: a call for action

    Rachelle Buchbinder;Maurits van Tulder;Birgitta Öberg;Lucíola Menezes Costa

  • Comprehensive review of epidemiology, scope, and impact of spinal pain.

    Manchikanti L;Singh;Datta S;Cohen Sp

  • Neuropathic pain: mechanisms and their clinical implications

    Steven P Cohen;Jianren Mao

  • Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Neck Pain

    Steven P. Cohen

  • Nociplastic pain: towards an understanding of prevalent pain conditions

    Mary Ann Fitzcharles;Steven P. Cohen;Steven P. Cohen;Daniel J. Clauw;Geoffrey Littlejohn

  • Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lumbar Zygapophysial (Facet) Joint Pain

    Steven P. Cohen;Srinivasa N. Raja

  • Sacroiliac joint pain: a comprehensive review of anatomy, diagnosis, and treatment.

    Steven P. Cohen

  • An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part II: guidance and recommendations.

    Laxmaiah Manchikanti;Salahadin Abdi;Sairam Atluri;Ramsin M. Benyamin

  • Consensus Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Ketamine Infusions for Acute Pain Management From the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

    Eric S. Schwenk;Eugene R. Viscusi;Asokumar Buvanendran;Robert W. Hurley

  • Preventing and treating pain after thoracic surgery.

    Allan Gottschalk;Steven P. Cohen;Stephen Yang;E Andrew Ochroch

  • Postamputation pain: epidemiology, mechanisms, and treatment.

    Eugene Hsu;Steven P Cohen

  • Greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a review of anatomy, diagnosis and treatment.

    Bryan S. Williams;Steven P. Cohen

  • The analgesic effects of perioperative gabapentin on postoperative pain: a meta-analysis.

    Robert W. Hurley;Steven P. Cohen;Kayode A. Williams;Andrew J. Rowlingson

  • Sacroiliac joint pain: a comprehensive review of epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment

    Steven P Cohen;Yian Chen;Nathan J Neufeld

  • Randomized placebo-controlled study evaluating lateral branch radiofrequency denervation for sacroiliac joint pain.

    Steven P. Cohen;Robert W. Hurley;Chester C. Buckenmaier;Connie Kurihara

  • Epidural steroids: a comprehensive, evidence-based review.

    Steven P. Cohen;Mark C. Bicket;David Jamison;Indy Wilkinson

  • Considering the potential for an increase in chronic pain after the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Daniel J. Clauw;Winfried Häuser;Steven P. Cohen;Steven P. Cohen;Mary Ann Fitzcharles

  • Sacroiliac joint interventions: a systematic review.

    Hans C. Hansen;Anne Marie McKenzie-Brown;Steven P. Cohen;John R. Swicegood

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua A Hirsch
Joshua A Hirsch Harvard University
Maurits W. van Tulder
Maurits W. van Tulder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bart W. Koes
Bart W. Koes Erasmus University Rotterdam
Julie M. Fritz
Julie M. Fritz University of Utah
Anthony D. Woolf
Anthony D. Woolf Royal Cornwall Hospital
Laxmaiah Manchikanti
Laxmaiah Manchikanti University of Louisville
Eugene J. Carragee
Eugene J. Carragee Stanford University
Vincent A. Fischetti
Vincent A. Fischetti Rockefeller University
Judith A. Turner
Judith A. Turner University of Washington
Rachelle Buchbinder
Rachelle Buchbinder Monash University

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