Ellen Generaal

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research(10), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation(7), Stress Responses and Cortisol(6), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments(5), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(3)

Publications20 total

Neighborhood Retail Food Environment, Diet Quality and Type 2 Diabetes Incidence in 4 Dutch Cohorts
Journal of Nutrition·2025Open Access
Exercise interventions for the prevention of depression: a systematic review of meta-analyses
BMC Public Health·2020· 224 citedOpen Access
Physical Exercise Interventions Targeting Cognitive Functioning and the Cognitive Domains in Nondementia Samples: A Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology·2020· 18 citedOpen Access
Authors' reply
The British Journal of Psychiatry·2020Open Access
Spatial accessibility of food retailers, dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes incidence
Diabetologia·2019
Neighbourhood characteristics and prevalence and severity of depression: pooled analysis of eight Dutch cohort studies
The British Journal of Psychiatry·2019· 112 citedOpen Access
Local fast-food environment, diet and blood pressure: the moderating role of mastery
European Journal of Nutrition·2018· 14 citedOpen Access
The association between road traffic noise and depressed mood among different ethnic and socioeconomic groups. The HELIUS study
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health·2018· 50 cited
Not urbanization level but socioeconomic, physical and social neighbourhood characteristics are associated with presence and severity of depressive and anxiety disorders
Psychological Medicine·2018· 137 citedOpen Access
Insomnia, Sleep Duration, Depressive Symptoms, and the Onset of Chronic Multisite Musculoskeletal Pain
SLEEP·2016· 122 citedOpen Access
Biological Stress Systems, Adverse Life Events, and the Improvement of Chronic Multisite Musculoskeletal Pain Across a 6-Year Follow-Up
Journal of Pain·2016· 20 citedOpen Access
Chronic pain: the role of biological and psychosocial factors
Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)·2016· 8 citedOpen Access
The brain-derived neurotrophic factor pathway, life stress, and chronic multi-site musculoskeletal pain
Molecular Pain·2016· 31 citedOpen Access
THU0311 Biological Stress Systems, Adverse Life Events and Persistence of Chronic Multi-Site Musculoskeletal Pain Across a Six-Year Follow-Up
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases·2015
THU0303 Biological Stress Systems, Adverse Life Events and the Onset of Chronic Multi-Site Musculoskeletal Pain: A Six-Year Cohort Study
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases·2015Open Access
Biological stress systems, adverse life events and the onset of chronic multisite musculoskeletal pain: a 6-year cohort study
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases·2015· 71 cited
Reduced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in chronic multi-site musculoskeletal pain: partly masked by depressive and anxiety disorders
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders·2014· 79 citedOpen Access
AB0044 Basal Inflammation and Innate Immune Response in Chronic Widespread Pain
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases·2014Open Access
FRI0173 Reduced Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity in Chronic Widespread Pain: Partly Masked by Depressive and Anxiety Disorders
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases·2014
Basal inflammation and innate immune response in chronic multisite musculoskeletal pain
Pain·2014· 76 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Brenda W.J.H. Penninx(17), Joost Dekker(10), Johannes H. Smit(9), Nicole Vogelzangs(9), Gary J. Macfarlane(8), Rinie Geenen(8), Erik J. Timmermans(5), Jeroen Lakerveld(4), Eco J. C. de Geus(3), Joline W. J. Beulens(3), Mandy X. Hu(2), David T. Turner(2), Daniël Bos(2), M. Kamran Ikram(2), M. Arfan Ikram(2), Pim Cuijpers(2), Femke Rutters(2), Marieke B. Snijder(2), Karien Stronks(2), Marjolein Visser(2)