Publications

Edwards, K., You, D., Lannon, E., Dildine, T., Darnall, B., & Mackey, S. (2025). Beyond pain intensity: Validating single-item pain bothersomeness measures. J Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105395

Mauck, M., Barth, K., Bell, K., Mackey, S., Clauw, D., & Sowa, G. (2025). The Design and Rationale of the Biomarkers for Evaluating Spine Treatments (BEST) Trial: A Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial. Pain Med. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaf032

Edwards, K., Dildine, T., You, D., Herrick, A., Darnall, B., Mackey, S., & Ziadni, M. (2025). Zoom-Delivered Empowered Relief for Chronic Pain: Observational Longitudinal Pilot Study Exploring Feasibility and Pain-Related Outcomes in Patients on Long-Term Opioids. JMIR Form Res. https://doi.org/10.2196/68292

Smith, A., Laguna, J., Wesselink, E., Scott, Z., Mackey, S., Elliott, J., & Weber, K. (2025). Leg Muscle Volume, Intramuscular Fat and Force Generation: Insights From a Computer-Vision Model and Fat-Water MRI. . J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13735

Boyd, H., You, D., Nguyen, A., Connoy, L., Cowan, P., Gilam, G., Mackey, S., Veasley, C., Ziadni, M., Ashton-James, C., & Darnall, B. (2025). Clinician and researcher responses to the term pain catastrophizing and whether new terminology is needed: Content analysis of international, cross-sectional, qualitative survey data. . The Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105330

Junghaenel, D., Fillingim, R., Pratscher, S., Goldstein, S., Mackey, S., & Stone, S. (2025). Development and preliminary testing of a comprehensive Ecological Momentary Assessment of people with chronic pain. . The Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105328

Mackey, S., Aghaeepour, N., Gaudilliere, B., Kao, M., Kaptan, M., Lannon, E., Pfyffer, D., & Weber, K. (2025). Innovations in acute and chronic pain biomarkers: enhancing diagnosis and personalized therapy.. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2024-106030

Falasinnu, T., Hossain, M., Karim, M., Weber, K., & Mackey, S. (2025). Problem of pain in the USA: evaluating the generalisability of high-impact chronic pain models over time using National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data. . BMJ Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001628

Banerjee, R., Kaptan, M., Law, C., Pfyffer, D., Glover, G., Martucci, K., Mackey, S., Weber, K., & Cohen-Adad, J. (2025). EPISeg: Automated segmentation of the spinal cord on echo planar images using open-access multi-center data. . bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.07.631402

Begum, T., Veeranki, B., Chike, O., Mackey, S., Darnall, B., & Falasinnu, T. (2025). Refining Chronic Pain Phenotypes: A Comparative Analysis of Sociodemographic and Disease-Related Determinants Using Electronic Health Records. . The Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.104775

Edwards, K., Palenski, P., You, D., Ziadni, M., Jung, C., Mackey, S., & Darnall, B. (2024). Protocol for a randomised trial of a self-directed digital pain management intervention (Empowered Relief) tailored to adults with chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse/disorder: the MOBILE Relief study. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086889

Gilam, G. (2024). "Evidence-Based" Needs to Be Based on Evidence-A Response to Giddon’s Letter Regarding Edwards et al, Is There an Association Between Lateralization of Chronic Pain in the Body and Depression? . Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104617

Hohenschurz-Schmidt , D., Cherkin, D., Rice, A., Mackey, S., & Vollert, J. (2024). Methods for pragmatic randomized clinical trials of pain therapies: IMMPACT statement. PAIN. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003249

Labounek, R., Bondy, M., Mackey, S., Weber, K., & Nestrasil, I. (2024). Body size interacts with the structure of the central nervous system: A multi-center in vivo neuroimaging study.. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.29.591421

Ghanem, M., Espinosa, C., Chung, P., Tawfik, V., Mackey, S., & Aghaeepour, N. (2024). Comprehensive overview of the anesthesiology research landscape: A machine Learning Analysis of 737 NIH-funded anesthesiology primary Investigator’s publication trends. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29050

Jiang, T., Pascual, A., Le, N., Mackey, S., & Falasinnu, T. (2024). The Problem of Pain in Lupus: Epidemiological Profiles of Patients Attending Multidisciplinary Pain Clinics. Pain Manag Nurs. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2024.02.012

You, D., Chong, J., Mackey, S., & Poupore King, H. (2024). Utilizing a learning health system to capture real-world patient data: Application of the reliable change index to evaluate and improve the outcome of a pain rehabilitation program. Pain Pract. https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.13364

Wesselink, E., Pool-Goudzwaard, A., Mackey, S., & Weber, K. (2024). Investigating the Associations between Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Health and Age, BMI, Sex, Physical Activity and Back Pain using an Automated Computer-Vision Model: A UK Biobank Study. The spine journal: official journal of the North American Spine Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2024.02.013

Edwards, K., Lii, T., Schouten, T., Ziadni, M., Darnall, B., Mackey, S., & Gilam, G. (2024). Is there an association between lateralization of chronic pain in the body and depression? . J Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2024.02.004

Darnall, B., Burns, J., Hong, J., Roy, A., & Mackey, S. (2024). Empowered Relief, cognitive behavioral therapy, and health education for people with chronic pain: a comparison of outcomes at 6-month Follow-up for a randomized controlled trial. Pain Rep. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001116