OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy is 26. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The Tendinopathy Game Changers: Five Papers From the Last 5 Years That Might Change How You Manage Tendons	148
JOSPT February 2024 Corrigendum	119
Costs of Disabling Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Cost-of-Illness Prospective Cohort Study	73
Dear Newly Graduated Physical Therapist	67
The Missing Link in Running Injury Research: Nonrunning Physical Activity	62
Popping Pills in Youth Elite Sports—Fact or Fiction? A 36-Week Prospective Cohort Study of Analgesic Use in 1195 Youth Elite Athletes and Student Controls	55
Adding Brief Pain Science or Ergonomics Messages to Guideline Advice Did Not Increase Feelings of Reassurance in People With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Experiment	54
ICON 2020—International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: A Scoping Review of Psychological and Psychosocial Constructs and Outcome Measures Reported in Tendinopathy Clinical Trials	52
The Effects of Structured Prehabilitation on Postoperative Outcomes Following Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials	51
Risk Factors for Running-Related Injury in High School and Collegiate Cross-country Runners: A Systematic Review	51
The “SHRed Injuries Basketball” Neuromuscular Training Warm-up Program Reduces Ankle and Knee Injury Rates by 36% in Youth Basketball	50
Dry Needling Plus Manual Therapy and Exercise for Subacromial Pain Syndrome: A Sham-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial	48
The Influence of “Labels” for Neck Pain on Recovery Expectations Following a Motor Vehicle Crash: An Online-Randomized Vignette-Based Experiment	43
Tennis Elbow: What Is It? How Do I Get Back to My Regular Activities?	42
It May Not Be the Smartest Thing to Do, but Sometimes It’s the Only Option: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study of Analgesic Use in Youth Elite Athletes	40
Hip Pain and Movement Dysfunction Associated With Nonarthritic Hip Joint Pain – 2023 Revision: Using the Evidence to Guide Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Practice	39
Conditioned Pain Modulation Does Not Differ Between People With Lower-Limb Tendinopathy and Nontendinopathy Controls: A Systematic Review With Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis	39
Preoperative Patient Education Programs for Orthopaedic Surgery: What Do the Programs Include? How Are They Delivered? What Are the Knowledge Gaps? A Scoping Review of 46 Studies	39
TENDINopathy Severity Assessment – Achilles (TENDINS-A): Development and Content Validity Assessment of a New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Achilles Tendinopathy	38
Exercise Increases Pain Self-efficacy in Adults With Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	37
Self-Reported Hip Crepitus Is Prevalent in Football Players With Hip/Groin Pain, but Is It Associated With Early Hip Osteoarthritis Structural Features? A Longitudinal Study	36
Response to Comment on “Which Portion of Physiotherapy Treatments’ Effect Is Not Attributable to the Specific Effects in People With Musculoskeletal Pain? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Control	29
American Physical Therapy Association Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation for Neck and Low Back Pain in Outpatient Physical Therapy: A Nonrandomized, Cross-sectional Stepped-Wedge Pilot Study	28
Physical Function Following Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: A Longitudinal Systematic Review With Meta-analysis	27
Evolving the Control-Chaos Continuum: Part 2—Shifting “Attention” to Progress On-Pitch Rehabilitation	27

Variation in Outcomes and Number of Visits Following Care Guideline Implementation: Part 2 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty