Uniting disciplines for a modern take: exploring the science be hind manual therapies. Abraira VE, Barocas V, Winkelstein B, Cook C. 2024. J Man Manip Ther.

Optical Measurements of the Skin Surface to Infer Bilateral Distinctions in Myofascial Tissue Stiffness. Kao, A. R., Landsman, Z. T., Gerling, G. J., & Loghmani, M. T. (2023). World Haptics Conference. World Haptics Conference.

Human-Delivered Brushstroke Characterization using an Instrumented Brush Focused on Torque. Landsman, Z. T., Kao, A. R., & Gerling, G. J. (2023). World Haptics Conference. World Haptics Conference.

Subcutaneous Oxytocin Injection Reduces Heat Pain: A randomized-controlled trial. The Journal of Pain. Albinni B*, Zimmerman M*, Ross J, Ozdoyuran L, Alasha V, Schuster N, Engy Said E, & Case L. The Journal of Pain (2024). * Co-first authors

Aβ-CT affective touch: Touch pleasantness ratings for gentle stroking and deep pressure exhibit dependence on A-fibers. Case L, Madian N, McCall M, Bradson M, Liljencrantz J, Goldstein B, Alasha V & Zimmerman M (2023). eNeuro.

Social connectedness is associated with lower chronic pain and lower pressure required for pain relief. Baumgartner J, Haupt M, & Case L (2023). Emotion.

Multimodal Sequence Classification of force-based instrumented hand manipulation motions using LSTM-RNN deep learning models. Bhattacharjee A, Anwar S, Whitinger L, Loghmani MT. 2023 IEEE EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI). Oct 2023.

Optical Measurements of the Skin Surface to Infer Bilateral Distinctions in Myofascial Tissue Stiffness. Kao AR, Landsman ZT, Loghmani MT, Gerling GJ. IEEE Transactions on Haptics. July 2023, pp. 244-251. 

Attenuation of postoperative adhesions using a modeled manual therapy. Bove GM, Chapelle SL, Hanlon KE, Diamond MP, and Mokler DJ. 2017. PLOS ONE.

Touch neurons underlying dopaminergic pleasurable touch and sexual receptivity. Elias, L. J., Succi, I. K., Schaffler, M. D., Foster, W., Gradwell, M. A., Bohic, M., Fushiki, A., Upadhyay, A., Ejoh, L. L., Schwark, R., Frazer, R., Bistis, B., Burke, J. E., Saltz, V., Boyce, J. E., Jhumka, A., Costa, R. M., Abraira, V. E., & Abdus-Saboor, I. 2023. Cell. 

Manual therapy prevents onset of nociceptor activity, sensorimotor dysfunction, and neural fibrosis induced by a volitional repetitive task. Bove GM, Delaney SP, Hobson L, Cruz GE, Harris MY, Amin M, Chapelle SL, Barbe MF. 2019. Pain. 

The language of social touch is intuitive and quantifiable. McIntyre S, Hauser SC, Kusztor A, Boehme R, Moungou A, Isager PM, Homman L, Novembre G, Nagi SS, Israr A, Lumpkin EA, Abnousi F, Gerling GJ, Olausson H. 2022. Psychological Science.

Wired for social touch: the sense that binds us to others. Bohic M, Abraira VE. 2022. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 

Nav1.7 is required for normal C-low threshold mechanoreceptor function in humans and mice. Middleton SJ, Perini I, Andreas C T, Weir GA, McCann K, Barry AM, Marshall A, Lee M, Mayo LM, Bohic M, Baskozos G, Morrison I, Löken LS, McIntyre S, Nagi SS, Staud R, Sehlstedt I, Johnson RD, Wessberg J, Wood JN, Woods CG, Moqrich A, Olausson H*, Bennett DL*. 2021. Brain.

An ultrafast system for signaling mechanical pain in human skin. Nagi SS, Marshall AG, Makdani A, Jarocka E, Liljencrantz J, Ridderström M, Shaikh S, O'Neill F, Saade D, Donkervoort S, Foley AR, Minde J, Trulsson M, Cole J, Bönnemann CG, Chesler AT, Bushnell MC, McGlone F, Olausson H. 2019. Science Advances.

Manual therapy facilitates homeostatic adaptation to bone microstructural declines induced by a rat model of repetitive forceful task. Barbe MF, Amin M, Harris MY, Panibatla ST, Assari S, Popoff SN, and Bove, GM. 2022. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 

Manual therapy with rest as a treatment for established inflammation and fibrosis in a rat model of repetitive strain injury. Barbe MF, Panibatla ST, Harris MY, Amin M, Dorotan JT, Cruz GE, and Bove GM. 2021. Frontiers in Physiology. 

Key indicators of repetitive overuse-induced neuromuscular inflammation and fibrosis are prevented by modeled manual therapy. Barbe MF, Harris MY, Cruz GE, Amin M, Billett MN, Dorotan JT, Day EP, Kim SY, and Bove GM. 2021. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.

Soft tissue manipulation may attenuate inflammation, modulate pain, and improve gait in conscious rodents with induced low back pain. Loghmani MT, Tobin C, Quigley C, Fennimore A. 2021. Military Medicine.

Quantifiable Soft Tissue Manipulation (QSTM™) – A novel modality to improve clinical manual therapy with objective metrics. Bhattacharjee A, Chien SYP, Anwar S, Loghmani MT. 2021. 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC).

Mechanical stimulation of human dermal fibroblasts regulates pro-inflammatory cytokines: potential insight into soft tissue manual therapies. Anloague A, Mahoney A, Ogunbekun O, Hiland TA, Thompson WR, Larsen B, Loghmani MT, Hum JM, and Lowery JW. 2020. BMC Research Notes.

Widespread pressure delivered by a weighted blanket reduces chronic pain: A randomized controlled trial. Baumgartner J, Quintana D, Leija L, Schuster N, Bruno K, Castellanos J, and Case L. 2021. The Journal of Pain.

Innocuous pressure sensation requires A-type afferents but not functional PIEZO2 channels in humans. Case LK, Liljencrantz J, Madian N, Necaise A, Tubbs J, McCall M, Bradson ML, Szczot M, Pitcher MH, Ghitani N, Frangos E, Cole J, Bharucha-Goebel D, Saade D, Ogata T, Donkervoort S, Foley AR, Bönnemann CG, Olausson H, Bushnell MC, Chesler AT. 2021. Nature Communications. 

Pleasant deep pressure: Expanding the social touch hypothesis. Case L, Liljencrantz J, McCall M, Bradson M, Necaise A, Tubbs J, Olausson H, Wang B, and Bushnell MC. 2020. Neuroscience.
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3D visual tracking to quantify physical contact interactions in human-to-human touch. S. Xu, C. Xu, S. McIntyre, H. Olausson and G. J. Gerling. Frontiers in Physiology.

Using digital image correlation to quantify skin deformation with Von Frey monofilaments. Kao, A.R., Xu, C., and Gerling, G.J. IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 

Uncovering human-to-human physical interactions that underlie emotional and affective touch communication. Hauser, S.C., McIntyre, S., Israr, A., Olausson, H., and Gerling, G.J. IEEE World Haptics Conference. 
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