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Dr
Michael Ferraro
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Dr Michael Ferraro (PhD, BSc Hons) is a postdoctoral researcher at NeuRA's Centre for Pain IMPACT. Michael's research is centred around the evaluation of treatments for chronic pain disorders, particularly complex regional pain syndrome and neuropathic pain. He also has research interests in clinical trial methodology, evidence synthesis, and research transparency. Michael's work has been published in leading general medical and specialty journals, and presented at premier conferences both internationally and nationally.
Michael is Co-Chair of the 2026 UK Royal College of Physicians complex regional pain syndrome clinical guideline committee. He is an active member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, serving as Treasurer of the Methods, Evidence Synthesis and Implementation Special Interest Group, and as the Early Career Researcher Representative for the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Special Interest Group. Michael is an inaugural member of the Rare Diseases NSW Comprehensive Centre of Expertise.
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Publications
2025, 29 Dec
Memantine and graded motor imagery for complex regional pain syndrome (MEMOIR): study protocol and statistical analysis plan for a decentralised, 2 × 2 factorial randomised trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09383-8
2025, 16 Dec
Efficacy and Safety of Bisphosphonates for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-25-03693
2025 Dec
Amputation for complex regional pain syndrome: A systematic review
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105571
2025 Dec
Optimising clinical trial methods for complex regional pain syndrome: a methodological framework (OptiMeth-CRPS)
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000001320
2025 Dec
Quality matters: Interpreting amputation outcomes in CRPS – Authors reply
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.106178
2025 Dec
To do no harm, we must first “know harms”: the challenge of measuring and reporting adverse events in interventions for pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003796
2025 Oct
Test-retest reliability and measurement error of the numerical rating scale and visual analogue scale in people with low back pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105528
2025, 01 Sep
Letter to the Editor "hyperbaric Oxygen"
View full journal-article on https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1190465964
2025, 24 Aug
OptiMeth-CRPS: A Methodological Framework for Optimising Clinical Trial Methods for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/x5zsy_v4
2025, 18 Aug
Ketamine and other NMDA receptor antagonists for chronic pain
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015373.pub2
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