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  • Writer: Jorge Esteves
    Jorge Esteves
  • Nov 14, 2019
  • 9 min read

Updated: Feb 19

Published papers (peer-reviewed)

  1. Bianchi M, Rossettini G, Cerritelli F, Esteves JE (2025). Insights into how manual therapists incorporate the biopsychosocial-enactive model in the care of individuals with CLBP: a qualitative study. Chiropr Man Therap 33, 7 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-025-00574-3

  2. Poulter D, Palese A, Rodeghiero L, Carlino E, Esteves JE, Cook C, Rossettini G. (2025). Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors?. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1537242. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1537242

  3. Keter D, Esteves JE, Loghmani M, Rossettini G, Cook C. (2025). Context is Complex: Challenges and opportunities dealing with contextual factors in manual therapy mechanisms research: International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. Volume 55, 100750 March 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2025.100750

  4. Mokhov D, Perrin R, Potekhina Y, Tregubova E, Belash V, Josse B, Clouzeau C, Pauwels J, Esteves J, Staf V. (2024). Proposition de systématisation des dysfonctionnements somatiques. La Revue de l'Ostéopathie. 2024;30:33-42 https://www.larevuedelosteopathie.com/articles/193

  5. Arrigoni A, Rossettini G, Palese A, Thacker M, Esteves JE (2024) Exploring the Role of Therapeutic Alliance and Biobehavioural Synchrony in Musculoskeletal Care: Insights from a Qualitative Study. Musculoskeletal Science & Practice Vol 73, Oct 2024, 103164 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2024.103164

  6. Keter DL, Bent JA, Bialosky JE, Courtney CA, Esteves JE, Funabashi M, Howarth SJ, Injeyan HS, Mazziari AM, Nim CG, Cook CE (2023) An international consensus on gaps in mechanisms of forced-based manipulation research: findings from a nominal group technique, Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 32(1), 111–117.http://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2023.2262336

  7. Accardi C, Cerritelli F, Bovo L and Esteves JE (2023).The osteopath-parent-child triad in osteopathic care in the first 2 years of life: a qualitative study. Front. Psychol. 14:1253355 http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1253355

  8. Cook CE, Bailliard A, Bent JA, Bialosky JE, Carlino E, Colloca L, Esteves JE, Newell D, Palese A, Reed WR, Vilardaga JO, Rossettini G (2023). An International Consensus Definition for Contextual Factors: Findings from a Nominal Group Technique. Front. Psychol. Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1178560

  9. Wagner A, Ménard M, Jacquot E, Marangelli G, Merdy O, Clouzeau C, Tavernier P, Verbeeck J, Vaucher P, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F, van Dun PLS (2023). The profile of French osteopaths: A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2023), 100672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2023.100672

  10. Mhadhbi H, Beckmann E, Bain R, Thierry-Hildenbrand B, Pape HL, Esteves JE, Ménard M. (2023), Attitudes et croyances sous-jacentes des étudiants, des enseignants et des praticiens en ostéopathie à l’égard de la lombalgie non-spécifique, Mains Libres, 9, no. 123, 36–46. https://doi.org/10.55498/MAINSLIBRES.2023.11.1.36

  11. McParlin Z, Cerritelli F, Manzotti A, Friston KJ and Esteves JE (2023).Therapeutic touch and therapeutic alliance in pediatric care and neonatology: An active inference framework. Front. Pediatrics, 11:961075 https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.961075

  12. van Dun PLS, Arcuri L, Verbeeck J, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F (2022). The Austrian Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA): A cross-sectional survey. PLOS ONE 17(11): e0278041. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278041

  13. Manzotti A, Cerritelli F, Monzani E, Savioli L, Esteves JE, Lista G, Lombardi E, La Rocca S, Biasi P, Galli M, Chiera M, McGlone FP (2022). Dynamic touch induces autonomic changes in preterm infants as measured by changes in heart rate variability. Brain Research, 2022, 148169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2022.148169

  14. van Dun PLS, Verbeeck J, Arcuri L, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F (2022). The Profile of Belgian Osteopaths: A Cross-Sectional Survey Healthcare 10, no. 11: 2136. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10112136

  15. Duquette P. Cerritelli F, Esteves JE (2022). Editorial: Enactivism and active inference in the therapeutic alliance. Front. Psychol. 13:1042698. https://doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042698

  16. Arcuri L, Consorti G, Tramontano M., Petraca M, Esteves JE, Lunghi C (2022). “What you feel under your hands”: exploring professionals’ perspective of somatic dysfunction in osteopathic clinical practice—a qualitative study. Chiropr Man Therap 30, 32 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-022-00444-2

  17. McParlin Z, Cerritelli F, Rossettini G, Friston KJ and Esteves JE (2022) Therapeutic Alliance as Active Inference: The Role of Therapeutic Touch and Biobehavioural Synchrony in Musculoskeletal Care. Front. Behav. Neurosci., 30 June 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.897247

  18. Cerritelli F, Esteves JE (2022). An Enactive–Ecological Model to Guide Patient-Centered Osteopathic Care. Healthcare. 2022; 10(6):1092. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061092

  19. Ménard M, Couvertier M, Awai L, Esteves JE, Bideau B, Vaucher P (2022). Exploring lumbo-pelvic functional behaviour patterns during osteopathic motion tests: A biomechanical (en)active inference approach to movement analysis. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2022). Volume 45, 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2022.05.001

  20. Dinis M, Silva C, Cruz R, Esteves J, Nunes A (2022).The Portuguese osteopaths attitudes towards a biomechanical or biopsychosocial model in the approach of chronic low back pain – A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2022). Volume 45, 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2022.06.001

  21. Kim J, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F, Friston KJ (2022). An Active Inference Account of Touch and Verbal Communication in Therapy. Front. Psychol. 13:828952. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.828952

  22. Manzotti A, Cerritelli F, Lombardi E, Monzani E, Savioli L, Esteves JE, Galli M, La Rocca S, Biasi P, Chiera M, Lista G. (2022). Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Regulates Autonomic Markers in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Healthcare. 2022; 10(5):813. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050813

  23. Santiago RJ, Nunes A, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F, Verbeek J, Lopes S, Paquete M, van Dun PLS (2022). The Portuguese Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA): A cross-sectional survey, International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2022). Volume 43, 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2022.04.002

  24. Baldin I, Esteves JE, Tramontano M, Macdonald M, Baroni F, Lunghi C (2022). A Content Analysis of Osteopaths’ Attitudes for a More Inclusive Clinical Practice towards Transgender People. Healthcare 2022, 10(3), 562 https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10030562

  25. Esteves JE, Cerritelli F, Kim J and Friston KJ (2022). Osteopathic Care as (En)active Inference: A Theoretical Framework for Developing an Integrative Hypothesis in Osteopathy. Front. Psychol. 13:812926. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812926/full

  26. McParlin Z, Cerritelli F, Friston KJ and Esteves JE (2022) Therapeutic Alliance as Active Inference: The Role of Therapeutic Touch and Synchrony. Front. Psychol. 13:783694. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.783694/full

  27. Santiago RJ, Esteves JE, Baptista JS, Magalhães A, Costa JT (2022). Results of a feasibility randomised controlled trial of osteopathy on neck-shoulder pain in computer users. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Volume 46, February 2022, 101507 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101507

  28. Mhadhbi H, Thierry-Hildenbrand B, Draper-Rodi J, Esteves JE, Ménard M (2021). Pain knowledge and fear-avoidance beliefs of French osteopathy students and educators towards chronic low back pain: An osteopathic educational institution-based cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2021). Volume 42, 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2021.12.002

  29. Bohlen L, Shaw R, Cerritelli F, Esteves JE (2021). Osteopathy and Mental Health: An Embodied, Predictive, and Interoceptive Framework. Front. Psychol., 27 October 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.767005

  30. Alvarez G, Zegarra-Parodi R, Esteves JE (2021). Person-centered versus body-centered approaches in osteopathic care for chronic pain conditions. Therapeutic Advances In Musculoskeletal Diseases, Volume 13, January-December 2021 https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X211029417

  31. Cerritelli F, Chiera M, Abbro M, Megale V, Esteves J, Gallace A, Manzotti A (2021). The Challenges and Perspectives of the Integration Between Virtual and Augmented Reality and Manual Therapies. Front. Neurol., 30 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.700211

  32. Zegarra-Parodi R, Esteves JE, Lunghi C, Baroni F, Draper-Rodi J, Cerritelli F (2021). The legacy and implications of the body-mind-spirit osteopathic tenet: a discussion paper evaluating its clinical relevance in contemporary osteopathic care. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2021) 41, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2021.05.003

  33. Lunghi C, Esteves JE, Vaucher P, van Dun PLS, Biberschick M, Wagner A, Merdy O, Menard M, Clouzeau C, Risch A, Ruffini N, Nunes A, Santiago R, Marett P, Grech R, Thomson OP (2021). Osteopathy: Italian professional profile. A Professional Commentary by the European community of practice. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2021) 40, 22-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2021.03.004

  34. Manzotti A, Chiera M, Galli M, Lombardi E, La Rocca P, Biasi P, Esteves J, Lista G, Cerritelli F (2021). The neonatal assessment manual score (NAME) for improving the clinical management of infants: a prospective validity study. Italian Journal Pediatrics 47, 53 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-021-01012-9

  35. Cerritelli F, Consorti G, van Dun PLS, Esteves JE, Sciomachen P, Valente M, Lacorte E, Vanacore N (2020). The Italian Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) study: how osteopaths work. PLoS ONE 15(7): e0235539. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235539

  36. Manzotti A, Cerritelli F, Chiera M, Lombardi E, Larocca S, Biasi P, Galli M, Esteves JE, Lista G (2020). A rationale for a new suggested manual assessment tool in neonatology: the Neonatal Assessment Manual scorE (NAME). Frontiers in Paediatrics https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2020.00432/full

  37. Alvarez G, Roura S, Cerritelli F, Esteves JE, Verbeeck J, et al. (2020) The Spanish Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) study: A cross-sectional survey. PLOS ONE 15(6): e0234713. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234713

  38. Santiago RJ, Esteves J, Baptista JS, Marques AT, Costa JT (2020). Instrumentation used to assess pain in osteopathic interventions: A systematic review. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2020), 37, 25-33 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2020.05.007

  39. Lunghi C, Consorti G, Tramontano M, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F (2020). Perspectives on tissue adaptation related to allostatic load: scoping review and integrative hypothesis with a focus on osteopathic palpation. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (2020) Vol 24 (3): 212-220 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.03.006

  40. Esteves JE, Zegarra-Parodi R, van Dun P, Cerritelli F, Vaucher P (2020). Models and theoretical frameworks for osteopathic care–a critical view and call for updates and research. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2020), 35, 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2020.01.003

  41. Manzotti A, Cerritelli F, Esteves JE, Lista GL, Lombardi E, La Rocca S, Gallace A, McGlone FP, Walker S (2019). Dynamic touch reduces physiological arousal in preterm infants: A role for c-tactile afferents? Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (2019), 39 (10):100703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2019.100703

  42. McIntyre C, Lathlean J, Esteves JE (2019). Reflective practice enhances osteopathic clinical reasoning. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2019), 33-34: 8-15 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2019.07.002

  43. Cerritelli F, van Dun PLS, Esteves JE, Consorti G, Sciomachen P, Lacorte E, et al. (2019) The Italian Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) study: A cross sectional survey. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0211353. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211353

  44. Luciani E, Consorti G, van Dun PLS, Merdy O, Lunghi C, Petracca M, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F (2018). An overview of osteopathy graduates’ perceived preparedness at transition from educational environment to clinic environment one year after graduation: a cross sectional study. BMC Medical Education 2018 18:319 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-018-1429-2

  45. Minarini G, Ford M, Esteves J (2018). Immediate effect of T2, T5, T11 thoracic spine manipulation of asymptomatic patient on autonomic nervous system response: Single-blind, parallel-arm controlled-group experiment. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2018), 27(4): 12-17: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2018.10.002

  46. Macdonald RJD, Vaucher P, Esteves JE (2018). The beliefs and attitudes of UK registered osteopaths towards chronic pain and the management of chronic pain sufferers - A cross-sectional questionnaire based survey. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2018), 27(4): 3-11: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2018.07.003

  47. McGlone F, Cerritelli F, Walker S, Esteves J (2018). The role of gentle touch in perinatal osteopathy. Osteopathic Medicine, 19 (3), pp.4-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1615-9071(18)30080-7

  48. McIntyre C, Lathlean J, Esteves JE (2018). Osteopathic clinical reasoning: An ethnographic study of perceptual diagnostic judgments and metacognition. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2018), 28(3):30-41 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2018.03.005

  49. Formica A, Thomson OP, Esteves JE (2018). "I just don't have the tools" - Italian osteopaths' attitudes and beliefs towards the management of patients with chronic pain: A qualitative study. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2018), 27(2): 6-13. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2017.11.001

  50. Noyer A, Esteves JE, Thomson OP (2017). Influence of perceived difficulty of cases on student osteopaths' diagnostic reasoning: a cross-sectional study. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2017: 25-32. https://chiromt.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12998-017-0161-z?site=chiromt.biomedcentral.com

  51. Pires RCCK, Rocha NS, Esteves JE, Rodrigues, M, (2017). Use of pressure dynamometer in the assessment of the pressure pain threshold in trigger points in the craniocervical muscles in women with unilateral migraine and tension-type headache: An observational study. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2017), 26(4):28-35. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2017.03.003

  52. Simpson PA, Mars T, Esteves JE (2017). A systematic review of randomised controlled trials using Acceptance and commitment therapy as an intervention in the management of non-malignant, chronic pain in adults, International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (2017), 24(2): 18-31. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2017.03.001

  53. McGlone F, Cerritelli F, Walker S, Esteves J (2017). The role of gentle touch in perinatal osteopathic manual therapy. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 72: 1-9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.11.009

  54. Hohenschurz-Schmidt D, Esteves JE, Thomson OP, (2016). Tensegrity and manual therapy practice: A qualitative study. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 21(1): 5-18. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2016.02.001

  55. Esteves JE (2016). Chronic Back Pain and Emotional Processing. Bone Joint J 98-B, no. SUPP 6.

  56. Esteves JE (2015). Embodied clinical decision making in osteopathic manipulative medicine. American Academy of Osteopathy Journal 25 (2), 13-6.

  57. Luciani E, van Dun PLS, Esteves JE, Lunghi C, Petracca M, Papa L, Merdy O, Jäkel A, Cerritelli F (2015). Learning Environment, Preparedness and Satisfaction in Osteopathy in Europe: The PreSS Study. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0129904. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129904

  58. Ribera d'Alcala C, Webster DG, Esteves JE (2015). Interoception, body awareness and chronic pain: results from a case-control study. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 18(1): 22-32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2014.08.003

  59. Spadaccini, J, Esteves JE (2014). Intuition, analysis and reflection: An experimental study into the decision-making processes and thinking dispositions of osteopathy students. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 17(4): 263-271. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2014.04.004

  60. Esteves JE, Spence C (2014). Diagnostic palpation and decision making: A neurocognitive model of expertise. Russian Osteopathic Journal 1-2 (24-25): 92-109.

  61. Abbey A, Esteves JE, Vogel S, Tyreman S (2014). Assessing criticality in student research: preliminary results from a new educational activity. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 17(1): 12-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2013.06.004

  62. Esteves JE, Spence C (2014). Developing competence in diagnostic palpation: Perspectives from neuroscience and education. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 17(1): 52-60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2013.07.001

  63. Esteves JE, Bennison M, Thomson OP (2013). Script Concordance Test: Insights from the literature and early stages of its implementation in osteopathy. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 16(4): 231-239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2013.05.001

  64. Esteves JE, Wheatley L, Mayall C, Abbey H (2013). Emotional processing and its relationship to chronic low back pain: results from a case-control study. Manual Therapy 18 (6): 541-546. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2013.05.00

  65. Esteves JE, Geake J and Spence C (2008). Multisensory integration in an osteopathic clinical examination setting. International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine 11(4): 159-159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijosm.2008.08.016

Published books and theses

  1. Esteves JE de J (2011). Diagnostic Palpation in Osteopathic Medicine: A Putative Neurocognitive Model of Expertise. Oxford Brookes University. Oxford, UK. https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/7616913b-4d4f-da3b-4f9d-7989d96fb6ad/1/dejesusesteves2011diagnostic.pdf

Published articles (non-peer reviewed)

  1. Esteves JE, Vignaux JJ, Beckman E, Hennebicq JF (2015). Laterality and postural asymmetries in fencing. The Sword, British Fencing. London, UK.

  2. Perez Garrote R, Esteves JE (2015). Acute effects of dehydration on fatigue and performance in fencers. The Sword, British Fencing. London, UK.

  3. Esteves JE, Thomson OP, Esteves NK (2016). Psychological readiness to return to competition after injury in fencing. The Sword, British Fencing. London, UK.

  4. van Dun PLS, Verbeeck J, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F (2019). Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) Study Belgium – Luxembourg: Part I [Dutch/French]. About Osteopathy, 2019:1 https://www.opera-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/About_2%C2%B019-1.OPERA-I.pdf

  5. van Dun PLS, Verbeeck J, Esteves JE, Cerritelli F (2019). Osteopathic Practitioners Estimates and RAtes (OPERA) Study Belgium – Luxembourg: Part II [Dutch/French]. About Osteopathy, 2019:2 https://www.opera-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/van-Dun.2019.OPERA-Part-II.pdf

 
 
 

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