Central Aspects of Pain Publications
Collins JT, Cowley A, Dening T, Di Lorito C, Emerson T, Fullwood C, Harwood RH, Kendrick D, McWilliams DF, Roberts A, Sahota G, Gladman J. Pain and neuropsychiatric symptoms in community-dwelling people living with dementia: a cross- sectional dyadic study. BMC Geriatrics 2026 (in press)
Georgopoulos V, Smith SL, Walsh DA, McWilliams DF. Central pain sensitivity is associated with changes in fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: data from the CAP-RA study. Rheumatology 2026; 65(4) doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keag130
Smith SL, Habib MU, Chaplin, WJ, Millar B, McWilliams DF, Walsh DA. Central aspects of pain associated with physical activity: results from the Investigating Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing cohort. PAIN Reports 2025; 10(3): e1268. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001268
Smith SL, Georgopoulos V, Ifesemen O, James R, Ferguson E, Wakefield RJ, Wilson D, Buckley P, Platts D, Ledbury S, Choy E, Pickles T, Rutter-Locker Z, Kirkham B, Walsh DA, McWilliams DF. Validity and contributions to pain from the Central Aspects of Pain questionnaire in RA. PAIN Reports 2025; 10(4): e1295 doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001295
McWilliams DF, Georgopoulos V, Patel J, Millar B, Smith SL, Walsh DA. Validation of a questionnaire for central nervous systems aspects of joint pain: the CAP questionnaire. Rheumatology 2024; 63(12): 3306-14 doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae342
Georgopoulos, V, McWilliams, DF, Hendrick, P, Walsh, DA. Influence of centrally facilitated pain sensitivity on self management behaviors in people with chronic low back pain. Patient Educ Couns 2024, 21:108109. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.108109.
*McWilliams, DF, *Yue, B, Smith, SL, Stocks, J, Doherty, M, Valdes, AM, Zhang, W, Sarmanova, A, Fernandes, GS, Akin-Akinyosoye, K, Hall, M Walsh, DA. Associations of muscle strength with central aspects of pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort. J. Pers. Med. 2023, 13, 1450.
Georgopoulos, V., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Smith, S., McWilliams, D.F., Hendrick, P., Walsh, D.A., . Pain Reports 2022 7(3):e1003
Akin-Akinyosoye, K., James, R.J.E., McWilliams, D.F., Millar, B., das Nair, R., Ferguson, E., Walsh, D.A. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2021 29(6):802-814
Ifesemen, O.S., McWilliams, D.F., Ferguson, E., Wakefield, R., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Wilson, D., Platts, D., Ledbury, S., Walsh, D.A. BMC Rheumatology 2021 5(1):23
Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Sarmanova, A., Fernandes, G.S., Frowd, N., Swaithes, L., Stocks, J., Valdes, A., McWilliams, D.F., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Ferguson, E., Walsh, D.A. . Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2020 28(2):173-181
Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Frowd, N., Marshall, L., Stocks, J., Fernandes, G.S., Valdes, A., McWilliams, D.F., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Ferguson, E., Walsh, D.A. . Pain 2018 159(6):1035-1044