Ruth Defrin

About Ruth Defrin

Ruth Defrin, With an exceptional h-index of 41 and a recent h-index of 30 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Tel Aviv University, specializes in the field of Pain.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Emotional burden among MS patients: associations between specific chronic pain diagnoses and psychological features

Higher Regional Gray Matter Volume and White Matter Integrity in Individuals With Central Neuropathic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury

Sex effects in the interaction of acute stress and pain perception

Stress and pain regulation: Parallel processes among traumatized individuals

Challenges in pain assessment and management among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: German version

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Short‐and long‐term effects of conventional spinal cord stimulation on chronic pain and health perceptions: A longitudinal controlled trial

From acute to long-term alterations in pain processing and modulation after spinal cord injury: mechanisms related to chronification of central neuropathic pain

Ruth Defrin Information

University

Position

Steyer School of Health professions and Sagol School of Neuroscience

Citations(all)

5537

Citations(since 2020)

2720

Cited By

3842

hIndex(all)

41

hIndex(since 2020)

30

i10Index(all)

85

i10Index(since 2020)

74

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Ruth Defrin Skills & Research Interests

Pain

Top articles of Ruth Defrin

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Emotional burden among MS patients: associations between specific chronic pain diagnoses and psychological features

Journal of Neurology

Michal Rivel

Anat Achiron

Yael Stern

Gabi Zeilig

Ruth Defrin

2024/2

Higher Regional Gray Matter Volume and White Matter Integrity in Individuals With Central Neuropathic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Abigail Livny

Yael Golan

Nofar Itzhaki

Dafna Grossberg

Galia Tsarfaty

...

2024/1/19

Sex effects in the interaction of acute stress and pain perception

Pain

Nirit Geva

Sari Golan

Lior Pinchas

Ruth Defrin

2023/3/1

Stress and pain regulation: Parallel processes among traumatized individuals

European Psychiatry

K Ginzburg

R Defrin

2023/3

Challenges in pain assessment and management among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: German version

Chantel C Barney

Randi D Andersen

Ruth Defrin

Lara M Genik

Brian E McGuire

...

2022/2/1

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Shannon R Forkus

A Contractor

Svetlana Goncharenko

Silvi C Goldstein

Nicole H Weiss

...

2022

Short‐and long‐term effects of conventional spinal cord stimulation on chronic pain and health perceptions: A longitudinal controlled trial

European Journal of Pain

Silviu Brill

Ruth Defrin

Itay Goor Aryeh

Adva Meseritz Zusman

Yael Benyamini

2022/10

From acute to long-term alterations in pain processing and modulation after spinal cord injury: mechanisms related to chronification of central neuropathic pain

Pain

Ruth Defrin

Hila Gruener

Evgeni Gaidukov

Moshe Bondi

Orna Rachamim-Katz

...

2022/1/1

Unique Pain Responses in Different Etiological Subgroups of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Ruth Defrin

Tali Benromano

Chaim G Pick

2022/9/1

Shorter Telomeres Among Individuals With Physical Disability: The Moderating Role of Perceived Stress

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

Yael Lahav

Sharon Avidor

David Levy

Avi Ohry

Gabi Zeilig

...

2022/8/1

Unique features of central neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis: results of a cluster analysis

European Journal of Pain

Michal Rivel

Anat Achiron

Mark Dolev

Yael Stern

Gabi Zeilig

...

2022/5

Chronic Pain and Premature Aging–The Moderating Role of Physical Exercise

The journal of pain

Yael Lahav

David Levy

Avi Ohry

Gabi Zeilig

Meir Lahav

...

2021/2/1

Pain behavior of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities coded with the new PAIC-15 and validation of its Arabic translation

Brain Sciences

Ruth Defrin

Heba Beshara

Tali Benromano

Kutaiba Hssien

Chaim G Pick

...

2021/9/22

Herausforderungen der Schmerzerfassung und-therapie bei Personen mit Intelligenzminderung und Entwicklungsstörungen: Deutsche Fassung

Schmerz

Chantel C Barney

Randi D Andersen

Ruth Defrin

Lara M Genik

Brian E McGuire

...

2021/9/13

The effect of mindful attention training for pain modulation capacity: Exploring the mindfulness–pain link

Journal of clinical psychology

Noga Tsur

Ruth Defrin

Chiara S Haller

Katherine Bercovitz

Ellen J Langer

2021/4

Specific behavioral responses rather than autonomic responses can indicate and quantify acute pain among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Brain Sciences

Ruth Defrin

Tali Benromano

Chaim G Pick

2021/2/18

Observing pain in individuals with cognitive impairment: A pilot comparison attempt across countries and across different types of cognitive impairment

Brain sciences

Miriam Kunz

Petra Crutzen-Braaksma

Lydia Giménez-Llort

Sara Invitto

Gaya Villani

...

2021/11/2

Some like it hot: Preference for temperature and pungency consumption is associated with sensitivity to noxious heat

European Journal of Pain

Ruth Defrin

Michal Dekel‐Steinkeller

Gideon Urca

2021/2

Central neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis is associated with impaired innocuous thermal pathways and neuronal hyperexcitability

Pain Medicine

Michal Rivel

Anat Achiron

Mark Dolev

Yael Stern

Gabi Zeilig

...

2021/10/1

Punishing the self: post-traumatic guilt mediates the link between trauma and deficient pain modulation

The journal of pain

Yael Lahav

Zahava Solomon

Alana Siegel

Noga Tsur

Ruth Defrin

2020/3/1

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