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Petra Schweinhardt

University of Zurich · CH
Area of research
Physiology · Pharmacology
Research interest
Research interests include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Pain Management and Placebo Effect, and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.
h-index
42
citations
7,021
works
190
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Pain beliefs, treatment expectations, and treatment experiences in spinal pain - a scoping review of qualitative studies.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Stable Mechanoreceptive Somatotopy in Chronic Low Back Pain: Is Cortical Map Reorganization a Myth?
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Descending inhibitory rostral ventromedial medulla neurons cause widespread antinociception and contribute to the pain-inhibits-pain phenomenon.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
The periaqueductal gray in chronic low back pain: dysregulated neurotransmitters and function.
2025cited by 4position: contributordoi
Systematic review on biomechanical effects of high-velocity, low amplitude spinal manipulation.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Identification of two biological subgroups of complex regional pain syndrome type 1 by transcriptomic profiling of skin and blood in women.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
What a Sham(e): Sham-Controlled Conditioned Pain Modulation Effects on Pressure but Not Heat Pain Thresholds in Healthy Volunteers.
2025cited by 1position: contributordoi
Force variability of thoracic spine mobilization and manipulation delivered by experienced physiotherapists to healthy human volunteers and a manikin: an observational study.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
The impact of spinal manipulation on lumbar proprioception and its link to pain relief: a randomized controlled trial.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Diagnostic and management concordance between chiropractors and neurosurgeons for patients with low back pain.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Improving numerical measures of human feelings: The case of pain.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Hypercapnia Reduces Perceived Heat Pain in Healthy Subjects.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Personalized assessment and management of non-specific low back pain.
2024cited by 22position: contributordoi
Mechanisms of manipulation: a systematic review of the literature on immediate anatomical structural or positional changes in response to manually delivered high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation
Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2024cited by 15position: middledoi
Healthy women show more experimentally induced central sensitization compared with men.
2024cited by 12position: contributordoi
Unraveling the physiological and psychosocial signatures of pain by machine learning.
2024cited by 6position: contributordoi
Mechanisms of manipulation: a systematic review of the literature on immediate anatomical structural or positional changes in response to manually delivered high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulation.
2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
Improving magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the brainstem periaqueductal gray using spectral registration.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Variability and repeatability of spinal manipulation force-time characteristics in thoracic spinal manipulation on a manikin.
2024cited by 4position: contributordoi
Understanding inter-individual variability of experimental pain habituation and conditioned pain modulation in healthy individuals.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Indication for spinal sensitization in chronic low back pain: mechanical hyperalgesia adjacent to but not within the most painful body area.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
An observational cross-sectional study on the characteristics of children and adolescents with non-specific spinal pain stratified by pain severity.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
A descriptive evaluation of a job analysis survey in the chiropractic profession in Switzerland - an update after more than 10 years.
2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Subjective and Objective Assessment of the Preferred Rotational Cervical Spine Position in Infants with an Upper Cervical Spine Dysfunction: A Cross-Sectional Study.
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls and conditioned pain modulation: a shared neurobiology within the descending pain inhibitory system?
2023cited by 34position: contributordoi
Spinal manipulation characteristics: a scoping literature review of force-time characteristics.
2023cited by 17position: contributordoi
Central sensitization in CRPS patients with widespread pain: a cross-sectional study.
2023cited by 12position: contributordoi
Evidence for dopaminergic involvement in endogenous modulation of pain relief.
2023cited by 11position: contributordoi
Are changes in nociceptive withdrawal reflex magnitude a viable central sensitization proxy? Implications of a replication attempt.
2023cited by 5position: contributordoi
Lunar and mars gravity induce similar changes in spinal motor control as microgravity.
2023cited by 4position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 16 papers (2020–2026)Susanne Becker · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf6 papers (2019–2023)Alexandros Guekos · University of Zurich5 papers (2022–2025)Laura Sirucek · International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries4 papers (2022–2025)Florian Brunner · University Hospital of Zurich3 papers (2023–2025)Lindsay M. Gorrell · Macquarie University3 papers (2023–2025)Luana Nyirö · International Association for the Study of Pain3 papers (2023–2024)Susanne Becker · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf2 papers (2016–2016)Michael L. Meier · University of Eastern Finland2 papers (2022–2023)Michèle Hubli · ETH Zurich2 papers (2022–2025)Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer · Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences2 papers (2023–2026)Philipp Schuetz · Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts2 papers (2022–2023)Robert P Ganley · University of Glasgow2 papers (2023–2026)David M. Cole · University of Basel2 papers (2022–2023)Robin Lütolf · ETH Zurich2 papers (2022–2025)Louis Schibli · Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts2 papers (2022–2023)Jeffrey S. Mogil · Apple (Israel)2 papers (2019–2020)Philipp Stämpfli · University of Zurich2 papers (2022–2023)Lukas Van Oudenhove · KU Leuven2 papers (2019–2019)Irene Tracey · McGill University Health Centre1 papers (2019–2019)