By Professor Sylvia Maria Gustin

Journal articles

Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; Wewege MA; Rizzo RRN; Cashin AG; Wilks CR; Quidé Y; McAuley JH; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2024, 'Emotion regulation skills-focused interventions for chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis', European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), 28, pp. 1276 - 1293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2268

Hesam-Shariati N; Alexander L; Chen KY; Craig A; Glare PA; Jensen MP; Lin CT; McAuley JH; Middleton JW; Moseley GL; Newton-John T; Restrepo S; Skinner IW; Zahara P; Gustin SM, 2024, 'A home-based self-directed EEG neurofeedback intervention for people with chronic neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury (the StoPain Trial): description of the intervention', Spinal Cord, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41393-024-01031-3

Quidé Y; Jahanshad N; Andoh J; Antoniou G; Apkarian AV; Ashar YK; Badran BW; Baird CL; Baxter L; Bell TR; Blanco-Hinojo L; Borckardt J; Cheung CL; Ciampi De Andrade D; Couto BA; Cox SR; Cruz-Almeida Y; Dannlowski U; De Martino E; De Tommaso M; Deus J; Domin M; Egorova-Brumley N; Elliott J; Fanton S; Fauchon C; Flor H; Franz CE; Gatt JM; Gerdhem P; Gilman JM; Gollub RL; Govind V; Graven-Nielsen T; Håkansson G; Hales T; Haswell C; Heukamp NJ; Hu L; Huang L; Hussain A; Jensen K; Kircher T; Kremen WS; Leehr EJ; Lindquist M; Loggia ML; Lotze M; Martucci KT; Meeker TJ; Meinert S; Millard SK; Morey RA; Murillo C; Nees F; Nenadic I; Park HRP; Peng X; Ploner M; Pujol J; Robayo LE; Salan T; Seminowicz DA; Serian A; Slater R; Stein F; Stevens J; Strauss S; Sun D; Vachon-Presseau E; Valdes-Hernandez PA; Vanneste S; Vernon M; Verriotis M; Wager TD; Widerstrom-Noga E; Woodbury A; Zeidan F; Bhatt RR; Ching CRK; Haddad E; Thomopoulos SI; Thompson PM; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2024, 'ENIGMA-Chronic Pain: A worldwide initiative to identify brain correlates of chronic pain', Pain, 165, pp. 2662 - 2666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003317

Ye Z; Yao L; Zhang Y; Gustin S, 2024, 'Self-supervised cross-modal visual retrieval from brain activities', Pattern Recognition, 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2023.109915

Rosner J; de Andrade DC; Davis KD; Gustin SM; Kramer JLK; Seal RP; Finnerup NB, 2023, 'Central neuropathic pain', Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41572-023-00484-9

Schoffl J; Arora M; Pozzato I; McBain C; Rodrigues D; Vafa E; Middleton J; Davis GM; Gustin SM; Bourke J; Kifley A; Krassioukov AV; Cameron ID; Craig A, 2023, 'Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback in Adults with a Spinal Cord Injury: A Laboratory Framework and Case Series', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12247664

Gustin SM; Bolding M; Willoughby W; Anam M; Shum C; Rumble D; Mark VW; Mitchell L; Cowan RE; Richardson E; Richards S; Trost Z, 2023, 'Cortical Mechanisms Underlying Immersive Interactive Virtual Walking Treatment for Amelioration of Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: Findings from a Preliminary Investigation of Thalamic Inhibitory Function', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175743

Quidé Y; Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; McAuley JH; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2023, 'Depressive symptoms moderate functional connectivity within the emotional brain in chronic pain', BJPsych Open, 9, pp. e80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.61

Rizzo RRN; Wand BM; Leake HB; O'Hagan ET; Bagg MK; Bunzli S; Traeger AC; Gustin SM; Moseley GL; Sharma S; Cashin AG; McAuley JH, 2023, '“My Back is Fit for Movement”: A Qualitative Study Alongside a Randomized Controlled Trial for Chronic Low Back Pain', Journal of Pain, 24, pp. 824 - 839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2022.12.009

O’Hagan ET; Cashin AG; Hübscher M; Alsaadi SM; Gustin S; McAuley JH, 2023, 'Does poor sleep quality lead to increased low back pain the following day?', Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 23, pp. 333 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2022-0064

Ferraro MC; Cashin AG; O'Connell NE; Visser EJ; Abdel Shaheed C; Wewege MA; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2023, 'Ketamine and other NMDA receptor antagonists for chronic pain', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015373

Wewege MA; Bagg MK; Jones MD; Ferraro MC; Cashin AG; Rizzo RRN; Leake HB; Hagstrom AD; Sharma S; McLachlan AJ; Maher CG; Day R; Wand BM; O'Connell NE; Nikolakopolou A; Schabrun S; Gustin SM; McAuley JH; Hagstrom M, 2023, 'Comparative effectiveness and safety of analgesic medicines for adults with acute non-specific low back pain: systematic review and network meta-analysis', BMJ, 380, pp. e072962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072962

Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; Wilks CR; Schroeder J; Suh J; Briggs NE; McAuley JH; Quidé Y; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2023, 'Internet-Delivered Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training for Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial', JMIR Research Protocols, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/41890

Norman-Nott N; Hesam-Shariati N; Cashin AG; Wewege MA; Rizzo RRN; Wilks CR; Quidé Y; McAuley J; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2022, 'Evaluation of emotion-centric psychological interventions for chronic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ Open, 12, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063102

Rizzo RRN; Cashin AG; Bagg MK; Gustin SM; Lee H; McAuley JH, 2022, 'A Systematic Review of the Reporting Quality of Observational Studies That Use Mediation Analyses', Prevention Science, 23, pp. 1041 - 1052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01349-5

Rizzo RRN; Ferraro MC; Wewege MA; Cashin AG; Leake HB; O'Hagan ET; Jones MD; Gustin SM; McLachlan AJ; Day R; McAuley JH, 2022, 'Targeting neurotrophic factors for low back pain and sciatica: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Rheumatology (United Kingdom), 61, pp. 2243 - 2254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab785

Roux L; Gustin SM; Newton-John TRO, 2022, 'To persist or not to persist? the dilemma of goal adjustment in chronic pain', Pain, 163, pp. 820 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002503

Norman-Nott N; Wilks CR; Hesam-Shariati N; Schroeder J; Suh J; Czerwinski M; Briggs NE; Quidé Y; McAuley J; Gustin SM; Quide Y, 2022, 'The No Worries Trial: Efficacy of Online Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Training for Chronic Pain (iDBT-Pain) Using a Single Case Experimental Design', Journal of Pain, 23, pp. 558 - 576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2021.10.003

O’Hagan ET; Gustin S, 2022, 'The relationship between preoperative sleep quality and adverse pain outcomes is still unclear: A Comment on Bjurström et al.', European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), 26, pp. 941 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1913

Naylor B; Hesam-Shariati N; McAuley JH; Boag S; Newton-John T; Rae CD; Gustin SM, 2022, 'Corrigendum: Reduced Glutamate in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Is Associated With Emotional and Cognitive Dysregulation in People With Chronic Pain(Front. Neurol., (2019), 10, (1110), 10.3389/fneur.2019.01110)', Frontiers in Neurology, 13, pp. 872851, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.872851

Hesam-Shariati N; Chang WJ; Wewege MA; McAuley JH; Booth A; Trost Z; Lin CT; Newton-John T; Gustin SM, 2022, 'The analgesic effect of electroencephalographic neurofeedback for people with chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis', European Journal of Neurology, 29, pp. 921 - 936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.15189

Chalmers T; Eaves S; Lees T; Lin CT; Newton PJ; Clifton-Bligh R; McLachlan CS; Gustin SM; Lal S, 2022, 'The relationship between neurocognitive performance and HRV parameters in nurses and non-healthcare participants', Brain and Behavior, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2481

Rahman MA; Tharu NS; Gustin SM; Zheng YP; Alam M, 2022, 'Trans-Spinal Electrical Stimulation Therapy for Functional Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury: Review', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11061550

Trost Z; Anam M; Seward J; Shum C; Rumble D; Sturgeon J; Mark V; Chen Y; Mitchell L; Cowan R; Perera R; Richardson E; Richards S; Gustin S, 2022, 'Immersive interactive virtual walking reduces neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury: Findings from a preliminary investigation of feasibility and clinical efficacy', Pain, 163, pp. 350 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002348

John AR; Singh AK; Do TTN; Eidels A; Nalivaiko E; Gavgani AM; Brown S; Bennett M; Lal S; Simpson AM; Gustin SM; Double K; Walker FR; Kleitman S; Morley J; Lin CT, 2022, 'Unraveling the Physiological Correlates of Mental Workload Variations in Tracking and Collision Prediction Tasks', IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 30, pp. 770 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2022.3157446

Craig A; Pozzato I; Arora M; Middleton J; Rodrigues D; McBain C; Tran Y; Davis GM; Gopinath B; Kifley A; Krassioukov A; Braithwaite J; Mitchell R; Gustin SM; Schoffl J; Cameron ID, 2021, 'A neuro-cardiac self-regulation therapy to improve autonomic and neural function after SCI: a randomized controlled trial protocol', BMC Neurology, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02355-w

Ferraro MC; Bagg MK; Wewege MA; Cashin AG; Leake HB; Rizzo RRN; Jones MD; Gustin SM; Day R; Loo CK; McAuley JH; Leake H, 2021, 'Efficacy, acceptability, and safety of antidepressants for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Systematic Reviews, 10, pp. 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01599-4

Kang D; Hesam-Shariati N; McAuley JH; Alam M; Trost Z; Rae CD; Gustin SM, 2021, 'Disruption to normal excitatory and inhibitory function within the medial prefrontal cortex in people with chronic pain', European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), 25, pp. 2242 - 2256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1838

Rizzo RRN; Lee H; Cashin AG; Costa LOP; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2021, 'The mediating effect of pain catastrophizing on pain intensity: The influence of the timing of assessments', European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), 25, pp. 1938 - 1947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1810

Cashin AG; Folly T; Bagg MK; Wewege MA; Jones MD; Ferraro MC; Leake HB; Rizzo RRN; Schabrun SM; Gustin SM; Day R; Williams CM; McAuley JH, 2021, 'Efficacy, acceptability, and safety of muscle relaxants for adults with non-specific low back pain: Systematic review and meta-analysis', The BMJ, 374, pp. n1446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1446

Skinner I; Hübscher M; Lee H; Traeger AC; Moseley GL; Wand BM; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2021, 'Do people with acute low back pain have an attentional bias to threat-related words?', Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 21, pp. 485 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2020-0014

Norman-Nott N; Wilks C; Hesam-Shariati N; Schroeder J; Suh J; Czerwinski M; Gustin SM, 2021, 'Efficacy of the iDBT-Pain skills training intervention to reduce emotional dysregulation and pain intensity in people with chronic pain: Protocol for a single-case experimental design with multiple baselines', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e041745, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041745

Akella A; Singh AK; Leong D; Lal S; Newton P; Clifton-Bligh R; McLachlan CS; Gustin SM; Maharaj S; Lees T; Cao Z; Lin CT, 2021, 'Classifying Multi-Level Stress Responses from Brain Cortical EEG in Nurses and Non-Health Professionals Using Machine Learning Auto Encoder', IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JTEHM.2021.3077760

Rizzo RRN; Ferraro MC; Wewege MA; Cashin AG; Leake HB; O’Hagan ET; Jones MD; Gustin SM; McAuley JH; O'Hagan E, 2021, 'Efficacy and safety of medicines targeting neurotrophic factors in the management of low back pain: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis', JMIR Research Protocols, 10, pp. e22905, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/22905

Wewege MA; Bagg MK; Jones MD; McAuley JH; Cashin AG; Day RO; Ferraro MC; Folly T; Gustin SM; Hagstrom AD; Leake HB; Loo CK; McLachlan AJ; O’Hagan ET; Rizzo RRN; Schabrun SM; O'Hagan E; Hagstrom M, 2020, 'Analgesic medicines for adults with low back pain: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis', Systematic Reviews, 9, pp. 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01506-3

Hesam-Shariati N; Chang WJ; McAuley JH; Booth A; Trost Z; Lin CT; Newton-John T; Gustin SM, 2020, 'The analgesic effect of electroencephalographic neurofeedback for people with chronic pain: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis', JMIR Research Protocols, 9, pp. e22821, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/22821

O'Hagan ET; Hübscher M; Miller CB; Gordon CJ; Gustin S; Briggs N; McAuley JH, 2020, 'Zolpidem reduces pain intensity postoperatively: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of hypnotic medicines on post-operative pain intensity', Systematic Reviews, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01458-8

Hesam-Shariati N; Newton-John T; Singh AK; Tirado Cortes CA; Nguyen Do TT; Craig A; Middleton JW; Jensen MP; Trost Z; Lin CT; Gustin SM, 2020, 'Evaluation of the effectiveness of a novel brain-computer interface neuromodulative intervention to relieve neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury: Protocol for a single-case experimental design with multiple baselines', JMIR Research Protocols, 9, pp. e20979, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/20979

Rizzo RRN; Ferraro MC; Wewege MA; Cashin AG; Leake HB; O’Hagan ET; Jones MD; Gustin SM; McAuley JH; O'Hagan E, 2020, 'Efficacy and Safety of Medicines Targeting Neurotrophic Factors in the Management of Low Back Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.22905

Hesam-Shariati N; Chang W-J; McAuley JH; Booth A; Trost Z; Lin C-T; Newton-John T; Gustin SM, 2020, 'The Analgesic Effect of Electroencephalographic Neurofeedback for People With Chronic Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.22821

Chalmers T; Maharaj S; Lees T; Lin CT; Newton P; Clifton-Bligh R; McLachlan CS; Gustin SM; Lal S, 2020, 'Impact of acute stress on cortical electrical activity and cardiac autonomic coupling', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 19, pp. 239 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.31083/j.jin.2020.02.74

Naylor B; Hesam-Shariati N; McAuley J; Boag S; Newton-John T; Rae C; Gustin S, 2019, 'Reduced glutamate in the medial prefrontal cortex is associated with emotional and cognitive dysregulation in people with chronic pain', Frontiers in Neurology, 10, pp. 1110, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.01110

Kang D; McAuley JH; Kassem MS; Gatt JM; Gustin SM, 2019, 'What does the grey matter decrease in the medial prefrontal cortex reflect in people with chronic pain?', European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), 23, pp. 203 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1304

Anam M; Sizemore K; Mansour H; Seward J; Mitchell L; Shum C; Richardson B; Richards J; Gustin S; Trost Z, 2019, '(309) Virtual Reality Walking for Neuropathic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury: Preliminary Efficacy Findings', The Journal of Pain, 20, pp. S51 - S51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2019.01.466

Skinner IW; Hübscher M; Moseley GL; Lee H; Wand BM; Traeger AC; Gustin SM; McAuley JH, 2018, 'The reliability of eyetracking to assess attentional bias to threatening words in healthy individuals', Behavior Research Methods, 50, pp. 1778 - 1792, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0946-y

Wrigley PJ; Siddall PJ; Gustin SM, 2018, 'New evidence for preserved somatosensory pathways in complete spinal cord injury: A fMRI study', Human Brain Mapping, 39, pp. 588 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23868

McAuley J; Gustin S, 2017, 'Innovative treatments for chronic pain', Impact, 2017, pp. 69 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2017.8.69

Naylor B; Boag S; Gustin SM, 2017, 'New evidence for a pain personality? A critical review of the last 120 years of pain and personality', Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 17, pp. 58 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjpain.2017.07.011

Schmid AC; Schwarz A; Gustin SM; Greenspan JD; Hummel FC; Birbaumer N, 2017, 'Pain reduction due to novel sensory-motor training in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome I – A pilot study', Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 15, pp. 30 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjpain.2016.11.003

Gustin SM; Burke LA; Peck CC; Murray GM; Henderson LA, 2016, 'Pain and Personality: Do Individuals with Different Forms of Chronic Pain Exhibit a Mutual Personality?', Pain Practice, 16, pp. 486 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/papr.12297

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