2021
2020
Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Crowley, S. J., Tanner, J., & Price, C. C. (2020). Pain Severity and Interference in Different Parkinson’s Disease Cognitive Phenotypes . Journal of Pain Research , 13 , 3493.
Anton, S. D., Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Singh, A., Alpert, J., Bensadon, B., Cabrera, M., Clark, D. J., Ebner, N. C., Esser, K. A., Fillingim, R. B., Goicolea, S. M., Han, S. M., Kallas, H., Johnson, A., Leeuwenburgh, C., Liu, A. C., Manini, T. M., Marsiske, M., Moore, F., Qiu, P., … Pahor, M. (2020). Innovations in Geroscience to enhance mobility in older adults . Experimental gerontology, 142, 111123.
Cruz-Almeida, Y. , & Porges, E. (2020). Additional Considerations for Studying Brain Metabolite Levels Across Pain Conditions using Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy . NeuroImage , 117392. Clark, D. J., Manini, T. M., Ferris, D. P., Hass, C. J., Brumback, B. A., Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Pahor, M., Reuter-Lorenz, P. A., & Seidler, R. D. (2020). Corrigendum: Multimodal Imaging of Brain Activity to Investigate Walking and Mobility Decline in Older Adults (Mind in Motion Study): Hypothesis, Theory, and Methods. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 12, 63.
Agana, D., Striley, C. W., Cook, R. L., Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Carek, P. J., & Salemi, J. L. (2020). A Novel Approach to Characterizing Readmission Patterns Following Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions. Journal of general internal medicine, 35(4), 1060–1068.
Clark, D. J., Manini, T. M., Ferris, D. P., Hass, C. J., Brumback, B. A., Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Pahor, M., Reuter-Lorenz, P. A., & Seidler, R. D. (2020). Multimodal Imaging of Brain Activity to Investigate Walking and Mobility Decline in Older Adults (Mind in Motion Study): Hypothesis, Theory, and Methods. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 11, 358.
Cruz-Almeida, Y. , & Cole, J. (2020). Pain, aging, and the brain: new pieces to a complex puzzle. Pain, 161(3), 461–463.
2019
Riley, J. L., 3rd, Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Staud, R., & Fillingim, R. B. (2019). Age does not affect sex effect of conditioned pain modulation of pressure and thermal pain across 2 conditioning stimuli . Pain reports, 5(1), e796.
Lysne, P., Cohen, R., Hoyos, L., Fillingim, R. B., Riley, J. L., 3rd, & Cruz-Almeida, Y. (2019). Age and pain differences in non-verbal fluency performance: Associations with cortical thickness and subcortical volumes. Experimental gerontology, 126, 110708.
Lussier, D., Cruz-Almeida, Y. , & Ebner, N. C. (2019). Musculoskeletal Pain and Brain Morphology: Oxytocin’s Potential as a Treatment for Chronic Pain in Aging. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 11, 338.
Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Sinha, P., Rani, A., Huo, Z., Fillingim, R. B., & Foster, T. (2019). Epigenetic aging is associated with clinical and experimental pain in community-dwelling older adults. Molecular pain, 15, 1744806919871819.Booker, S., Cardoso, J., Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Sibille, K. T., Terry, E. L., Powell-Roach, K. L., Riley, J. L., 3rd, Goodin, B. R., Bartley, E. J., Addison, A. S., Staud, R., Redden, D., Bradley, L., & Fillingim, R. B. (2019). Movement-evoked pain, physical function, and perceived stress: An observational study of ethnic/racial differences in aging non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites with knee osteoarthritis. Experimental gerontology, 124, 110622.
Butera, K. A., Roff, S. R., Buford, T. W., & Cruz-Almeida, Y. (2019). The impact of multisite pain on functional outcomes in older adults: biopsychosocial considerations. Journal of pain research, 12, 1115–1125.
Johnson, A. J., Terry, E., Bartley, E. J., Garvan, C., Cruz-Almeida, Y. , Goodin, B., Glover, T. L., Staud, R., Bradley, L. A., Fillingim, R. B., & Sibille, K. T. (2019). Resilience factors may buffer cellular aging in individuals with and without chronic knee pain. Molecular pain, 15, 1744806919842962.
Cruz-Almeida Y, Fillingim RB, Riley III JL, Woods AJ, Porges E, Cohen R, Cole J. Chronic Pain Is Associated with a Brain Aging Biomarker in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. PAIN. In Press. Riley JL 3rd, Cruz-Almeida Y, Staud R, Fillingim RB. Effects of manipulating the interstimulus interval on heat-evoked temporal summation of second pain across the age span. Pain. 2019 Jan;160(1):95-101. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001382.
2018
Mora J, Przkora R, Cruz-Almeida Y . Knee osteoarthritis: pathophysiology and current treatment modalities. Journal of Pain Research. 2018; 11: 2189-2196. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S154002.
Lin T, Liu GA, Perez E, Rainer RD, Febo M, Cruz-Almeida Y , Ebner NC. Systemic inflammation mediates age-related cognitive deficits. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2018: 10: 236. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00236.
Sibille KT, King C, Garrett TJ, Glover TL, Zhang H, Chen H, Reddy D, Goodin BR, Sotolongo A, Petrov ME, Cruz-Almeida Y , Herbert M, Bartley EJ, Edberg JC, Staud R, Redden DT, Bradley LA, Fillingim RB. Omega-6: Omega-3 PUFA Ratio, Pain, Functioning, and Distress in Adults With Knee Pain. Clin J Pain. 2018 Feb;34(2):182-189.
2017
Cruz-Almeida Y , Aguirre M, Sorenson H, Tighe P, Wallet SM, Riley JL 3rd. Age differences in salivary markers of inflammation in response to experimental pain: does venipuncture matter? J Pain Res. 2017 Oct 3;10:2365-2372. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S138460. eCollection 2017.Cruz-Almeida Y , Cardoso J, Riley JL 3rd, Goodin B, King CD, Petrov M, Bartley EJ, Sibille KT, Glover TL, Herbert MS, Bulls HW, Addison A, Staud R, Redden D, Bradley LA, Fillingim RB. Physical performance and movement-evoked pain profiles in community-dwelling individuals at risk for knee osteoarthritis. Exp Gerontol. 2017 Nov;98:186-191. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.08.026. Epub 2017 Aug 24.Cruz-Almeida Y , Rosso A, Marcum Z, Harris T, Newman AB, Nevitt M, Satterfield S, Yaffe K, Rosano C; Health ABC Study. Associations of Musculoskeletal Pain With Mobility in Older Adults: Potential Cerebral Mechanisms. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 Sep 1;72(9):1270-1276. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glx084.Riley JL 3rd, Cruz-Almeida Y , Dasilva Ribeiro MC, Simon CB, Eckert NR, Aguirre M, Sorenson HL, Tighe PJ, Edwards RR, Wallet SM. Age Differences in the Time Course and Magnitude of Changes in Circulating Neuropeptides After Pain Evocation in Humans. J Pain. 2017 Sep;18(9):1078-1086. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.04.006. Epub 2017 Apr 29.
Eckert NR, Vierck CJ, Simon CB, Calderon S, Cruz-Almeida Y , Staud R, Fillingim RB, Riley JL 3rd. Methodological Considerations for the Temporal Summation of Second Pain. J Pain. 2017 Dec;18(12):1488-1495. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.07.009. Epub 2017 Aug 9.
Ho KWD, Wallace MR, Sibille KT, Bartley EJ, Cruz-Almeida Y , Glover TL, King CD, Goodin BR, Addison A, Edberg JC, Staud R, Bradley LA, Fillingim RB. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the COL11A2 Gene Associated with Heat Pain Sensitivity in Knee Osteoarthritis. Mol Pain. 2017 Jan-Dec;13:1744806917724259.
Naugle KM, Cruz-Almeida Y , Fillingim RB, Riley JL 3rd. Loss of Temporal Inhibition of Nociceptive Information Is Associated With Aging and Bodily Pain. J Pain. 2017 Dec;18(12):1496-1504. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.08.003. Epub 2017 Aug 26.
Branco-de-Almeida LS, Cruz-Almeida Y , Gonzalez-Marrero Y, Huang H, Aukhil I, Harrison P, Wallet SM, Shaddox LM. Local and Plasma Biomarker Profiles in Localized Aggressive Periodontitis. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2017 Jul;2(3):258-268. doi: 10.1177/2380084417701898. Epub 2017 Apr 14.
Sibille KT, Chen H, Bartley EJ, Riley J 3rd, Glover TL, King CD, Zhang H, Cruz-Almeida Y , Goodin BR, Sotolongo A, Petrov ME, Herbert M, Bulls HW, Edberg JC, Staud R, Redden D, Bradley LA, Fillingim RB. Accelerated aging in adults with knee osteoarthritis pain: consideration for frequency, intensity, time, and total pain sites. Pain Rep. 2017 Apr 15;2(3):e591.
Velsko I(g), Cruz-Almeida Y , Allin N(g), Vovk A, Hovemcamp N, Harrison P, Huang H, Aukhil I, Wallet SM, and Shaddox LM. Cytokine Response Patterns to Complex Biofilms by Mononuclear Cells Discriminate Patient Disease Status and Biofilm Dysbiosis. Journal of Oral Microbiology . J Oral Microbiol. 2017 Jun 12;9(1):1330645.
Eckert NR(p), Vierck CJ, Simon CB, Cruz-Almeida Y , Fillingim RB, and Riley JL 3rd. 2017. Testing Assumptions in Human Pain Models: Psychophysical Differences Between First and Second Pain. Journal of Pain. Mar;18(3): 266-273.
2016
Naugle KM(p), Cruz-Almeida Y , Fillingim RB, Staud R, and Riley JL 3rd. 2016. Increased spatial dimensions of repetitive heat and cold stimuli in older females. Pain. Aug 31:
Cardoso JS(g), Riley JL 3rd, Glover T, Sibille KT, Bartley EJ, Goodin BR, Bulls HW, Herbert M, Addison AS, Staud R, Redden DT, Bradley LA, Fillingim RB, and Cruz-Almeida Y . 2016. Experimental pain phenotyping in community-dwelling individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
Cardoso JS(g), and Cruz-Almeida Y . 2016. Moving beyond the eigenvalue greater than one retention criteria in pain phenotyping research. Pain. Jun;157(6): 1363-4.
Naugle KM(p), Cruz-Almeida Y , Fillingim RB, Staud R, and Riley JL 3rd. 2016. Novel method for assessing age-related differences in the temporal summation of pain. Journal of pain research. Apr 8;9: 195-205.
Allin N(g), Cruz-Almeida Y , Velsko I, Vovk A, Hovemcamp N, Harrison P, Huang H, Aukhil I, Wallet SM, and Shaddox LM. 2016. Inflammatory Response Influences Treatment of Localized Aggressive Periodontitis. Journal of Dental Research. Jun;95(6): 635-41. Both 1st and 2nd authors contributed equally to the work
Bartley EJ, King CD, Sibille KT, Cruz-Almeida Y , Riley JL 3rd, Glover TL, Goodin BR, Sotolongo AS, Herbert MS, Bulls HW, Staud R, Fessler BJ, Redden DT, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2016. Enhanced Pain Sensitivity Among Individuals With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Potential Sex Differences in Central Sensitization. Arthritis Care and Research (Hoboken). Apr;68(4): 472-80.
2015
Cruz-Almeida Y , Aguirre M, Sorenson HL, Tighe P, Wallet SM, and Riley JL 3rd. 2015. Age differences in cytokine expression under conditions of health using experimental pain models. Experimental Gerontology. Dec;72: 150-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2015.09.017. Corresponding author.Cruz-Almeida Y , Naugle KM, Vierck CJ, Fillingim RB, and Riley JL. 2015. Reliability of pain intensity clamping using response-dependent thermal stimulation in healthy volunteers. BioMed Central Neuroscience. Apr 18/16: 21.Naugle KM, Cruz-Almeida Y , Vierck CJ, Mauderli AP, and Riley JL 3rd. 2015. Age-related differences in conditioned pain modulation of sensitizing and desensitizing trends during response dependent stimulation. Behavioural Brain Research. Aug 1;289: 61-8.
Petrov ME, Goodin BR, Cruz-Almeida Y , King C, Glover TL, Bulls HW, Herbert M, Sibille KT, Bartley EJ, Fessler BJ, Sotolongo A, Staud R, Redden D, Fillingim RB, and Bradley LA. 2015. Disrupted sleep is associated with altered pain processing by sex and ethnicity in knee osteoarthritis. The Journal of Pain (formerly known as Pain Forum). May;16(5): 478-90.
Anton SD, Woods AJ, Ashizawa T, Barb D, Buford TW, Carter CS, Clark DJ, Cohen RA, Corbett DB, Cruz-Almeida Y , Dotson V, Ebner N, Efron PA, Fillingim RB, Foster TC, Gundermann DM, Joseph AM, Karabetian C, Leeuwenburgh C, Manini TM, Marsiske M, Mankowski RT, Mutchie HL, Perri MG, Ranka S, Rashidi P, Sandesara B, Scarpace PJ, Sibille KT, Solberg LM, Someya S, Uphold C, Wohlgemuth S, Wu SS, and Pahor M. 2015. Successful aging: Advancing the science of physical independence in older adults. Ageing Research Reviews. 304-27.
Sorond FA, Cruz-Almeida Y , Clark DJ, Viswanathan A, Scherzer CR, De Jager P, Csiszar A, Laurienti PJ, Hausdorff JM, Chen WG, Ferrucci L, Rosano C, Studenski SA, Black SE, and Lipsitz LA. 2015. Aging, the Central Nervous System, and Mobility in Older Adults: Neural Mechanisms of Mobility Impairment. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 1526-32.
Widerström-Noga E, Cruz-Almeida Y , Felix ER, and Pattany PM. 2015. Somatosensory phenotype is associated with thalamic metabolites and pain intensity after spinal cord injury. Pain. Jan;156(1): 166-74.
Glover TL, Goodin BR, King CD, Sibille KT, Herbert MS, Sotolongo AS, Cruz-Almeida Y , Bartley EJ, Bulls HW, Horgas AL, Redden DT, Riley JL 3rd, Staud R, Fessler BJ, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2015. A Cross-sectional Examination of Vitamin D, Obesity, and Measures of Pain and Function in Middle-aged and Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis. The Clinical Journal of Pain. Dec;31(12): 1060-7.
Kathiresan AS(f), Shamonki M, Kaing A, Cruz-Almeida Y , Barrionuevo MJ, Hoffman DI, Maxson WS, and Ory SJ. 2015. Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Match: A Survey of the 2011-2013 Applicant Pool. Cureus. 6(11): e229.
2014
Goodin BR, Bulls HW, Herbert MS, Schmidt J, King CD, Glover TL, Sotolongo A, Sibille KT, Cruz-Almeida Y , Staud R, Fessler BJ, Redden DT, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2014. Temporal summation of pain as a prospective predictor of clinical pain severity in adults aged 45 years and older with knee osteoarthritis: ethnic differences. Psychosomatic Medicine. May;76(4): 302-10.
Cruz-Almeida Y , Black ML, Christou EA, and Clark DJ. 2014. Site-specific differences in the association between plantar tactile perception and mobility function in older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. Apr 11; 6: 68.Cruz-Almeida Y , Sibille KT, Goodin BR, Petrov ME, Bartley EJ, Riley JL 3rd, King CD, Glover TL, Sotolongo A, Herbert MS, Schmidt JK, Fessler BJ, Staud R, Redden D, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2014. Racial and ethnic differences in older adults with knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. Jul;66(7): 1800-10.Cruz-Almeida Y , and Fillingim RB. 2014. Can quantitative sensory testing move us closer to mechanism-based pain management? Pain Medicine. 61-72.Herbert MS(g), Goodin BR, Pero ST 4th, Schmidt JK, Sotolongo A, Bulls HW, Glover TL, King CD, Sibille KT, Cruz-Almeida Y , Staud R, Fessler BJ, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2014. Pain hypervigilance is associated with greater clinical pain severity and enhanced experimental pain sensitivity among adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Aug;48(1): 50-60.
Riley JL 3rd, Cruz-Almeida Y , Glover TL, King CD, Goodin BR, Sibille KT, Bartley EJ, Herbert MS, Sotolongo A, Fessler BJ, Redden DT, Staud R, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2014. Age and race effects on pain sensitivity and modulation among middle-aged and older adults. The Journal of Pain: Official journal of the American Pain Society. Mar;15(3): 272-82.
2013
Goodin BR, Pham QT, Glover TL, Sotolongo A, King CD, Sibille KT, Herbert MS, Cruz-Almeida Y , Sanden SH, Staud R, Redden DT, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2013. Perceived racial discrimination, but not mistrust of medical researchers, predicts the heat pain tolerance of African Americans with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Health Psychology. Nov;32(11): 1117-26.
King CD, Sibille KT, Goodin BR, Cruz-Almeida Y , Glover TL, Bartley E, Riley JL, Herbert MS, Sotolongo A, Schmidt J, Fessler BJ, Redden DT, Staud R, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2013. Experimental pain sensitivity differs as a function of clinical pain severity in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. Sep;21(9): 1243-52. Erratum in Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2013 Nov; 21(11):1811.
Cruz-Almeida Y , Riley JL 3rd, and Fillingim RB. 2013. Experimental pain phenotype profiles in a racially and ethnically diverse sample of healthy adults. Pain Medicine. Nov;14(11): 1708-18.Naugle KM(p), Cruz-Almeida Y , Fillingim RB, and Riley JL 3rd.. 2013. Offset analgesia is reduced in older adults. Pain. Nov;154(11): 2381-7.
Cruz-Almeida Y , King CD, Goodin BR, Sibille KT, Glover TL, Riley JL, Sotolongo A, Herbert MS, Schmidt J, Fessler BJ, Redden DT, Staud R, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2013. Psychological profiles and pain characteristics of older adults with knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Research (Hoboken). Nov;65(11): 1786-94.Soler MD, Cruz-Almeida Y , Saurí J, and Widerström-Noga EG. 2013. Psychometric evaluation of the Spanish version of the MPI-SCI. Spinal Cord. Jul;51(7): 538-52.
Goodin BR, Glover TL, Sotolongo A, King CD, Sibille KT, Herbert MS, Cruz-Almeida Y , Sanden SH, Staud R, Redden DT, Bradley LA, and Fillingim RB. 2013. The association of greater dispositional optimism with less endogenous pain facilitation is indirectly transmitted through lower levels of pain catastrophizing. The Journal of Pain. Feb;14(2): 126-35.
Widerström-Noga E, Pattany PM, Cruz-Almeida Y , Felix ER, Perez S, Cardenas DD, and Martinez-Arizala A. 2013. Metabolite concentrations in the anterior cingulate cortex predict high neuropathic pain impact after spinal cord injury. Pain. Feb;154(2): 204-12.
Cruz-Almeida Y , King CD, Wallet SM, and Riley JL 3rd. 2012. Immune biomarker response depends on choice of experimental pain stimulus in healthy adults: a preliminary study. Pain Research and Treatment (electronic version). 2012; 538739: 1-7.Cruz-Almeida Y , Felix ER, Martinez-Arizala A, and Widerström-Noga EG. 2012. Decreased spinothalamic and dorsal column medial lemniscus-mediated function is associated with neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. Nov 20;29(17): 2706-15.
Pre-Doctoral Publications
Kathiresan AS(f), Cruz-Almeida Y , Barrionuevo MJ, Maxson WS, Hoffman DI, Weitzman VN, Christie DR, Manko GF, and Ory SJ. 2011. Prognostic value of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin is dependent on day of embryo transfer during in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril. Dec;96(6): 1362-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.09.042
Cruz-Almeida Y , Felix ER, Martinez-Arizala A, and Widerström-Noga EG. 2009. Pain symptom profiles in persons with spinal cord injury. Pain Med. Oct;10(7): 1246-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00713.xWiderström-Noga EG, Cruz-Almeida Y , Felix ER, and Adcock J. 2009. Relationship between pain characteristics and pain adaptation type in persons with SCI (spinal cord injury) . Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 46(1): 43-56.
Cruz-Almeida Y , Alameda G, and Widerström-Noga EG. 2009. Differentiation between pain- related interference and interference caused by the functional impairments of spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 47(5): 390-395. Epub 2008 Nov 25Widerström-Noga EG, Felix ER, Cruz-Almeida Y , and Turk DC. 2007. Psychosocial subgroups in persons with spinal cord injuries and chronic pain. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 88(12): 1628-35.
Felix ER, Cruz-Almeida Y , and Widerström-Noga EG. 2007. Chronic pain after spinal cord injury: What characteristics make some pains more disturbing than others? Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 44(5): 703-16.
Widerström-Noga EG, Cruz-Almeida Y , Martinez-Arizala A, and Turk DC. 2006. Internal consistency, stability, and validity of the spinal cord injury version of the multidimensional pain inventory. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 87(4): 516-23.
Cruz-Almeida Y , Martinez-Arizala A, and Widerström-Noga EG. 2005. Chronicity of Pain Associated With Spinal Cord Injury: A Longitudinal Analysis. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 42(5): 585-94.Haq I, Cruz-Almeida Y , Siqueira EB, Norenberg M, Green BA, and Levi AD. 2005. Postoperative fibrosis after surgical treatment of the porcine spinal cord: a comparison of dural substitutes. Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine. 2(1): 50-4. https://doi.org/10.3171/spi.2005.2.1.0050. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2004.
Pearse DD, Lo TP Jr, Cho KS, Lynch MP, Garg MS, Marcillo AE, Sanchez AR, Cruz Y , and Dietrich WD. 2005. Histopathological and behavioral characterization of a novel cervical spinal cord displacement contusion injury in the rat. Journal of Neurotrauma. 22(6): 680-702.
Widerström-Noga E, Cruz-Almeida Y , and Krassioukov A. 2004. Is there a relationship between chronic pain and autonomic dysreflexia in persons with cervical spinal cord injury? Journal of Neurotrauma. 21(2): 195-204.
