Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy is 11. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Tendinopathy Game Changers: Five Papers From the Last 5 Years That Might Change How You Manage Tendons347
The Missing Link in Running Injury Research: Nonrunning Physical Activity114
Costs of Disabling Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Cost-of-Illness Prospective Cohort Study92
ICON 2020—International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: A Scoping Review of Psychological and Psychosocial Constructs and Outcome Measures Reported in Tendinopathy Clinical Trials55
JOSPT February 2024 Corrigendum55
The “SHRed Injuries Basketball” Neuromuscular Training Warm-up Program Reduces Ankle and Knee Injury Rates by 36% in Youth Basketball53
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 Controls43
Risk Factors for Running-Related Injury in High School and Collegiate Cross-country Runners: A Systematic Review42
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 Experiment42
The Influence of “Labels” for Neck Pain on Recovery Expectations Following a Motor Vehicle Crash: An Online-Randomized Vignette-Based Experiment42
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 Trials40
Returning to Work After an Injury or Illness39
Tennis Elbow: What Is It? How Do I Get Back to My Regular Activities?38
What Works When Treating Children and Adolescents With Low Back Pain?38
Physical Function Following Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: A Longitudinal Systematic Review With Meta-analysis35
Hip Pain and Movement Dysfunction Associated With Nonarthritic Hip Joint Pain – 2023 Revision: Using the Evidence to Guide Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Practice35
Outcome Domain and Measurement Instrument Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Systematic Review34
Variation in Outcomes and Number of Visits Following Care Guideline Implementation: Part 2 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty34
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-Control33
More Than a Game: Musculoskeletal Injuries and a Key Role for the Physical Therapist in Esports29
Diagnosing, Managing, and Supporting Return to Work of Adults With Rotator Cuff Disorders: Clinical Practice Guideline Methods29
TENDINopathy Severity Assessment – Achilles (TENDINS-A): Development and Content Validity Assessment of a New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Achilles Tendinopathy29
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 Athletes29
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 Study28
How Do Hip Exercises Improve Pain in Individuals With Patellofemoral Pain? Secondary Mediation Analysis of Strength and Psychological Factors as Mechanisms27
Responder Analyses: A Methodological Mess26
Conditioned Pain Modulation Does Not Differ Between People With Lower-Limb Tendinopathy and Nontendinopathy Controls: A Systematic Review With Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis25
2022 Bern Consensus Statement on Shoulder Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Return to Sport for Athletes at All Participation Levels25
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 Studies24
Exercise Increases Pain Self-efficacy in Adults With Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis24
Understanding Discrepancies in a Person's Fear of Movement and Avoidance Behavior: A Guide for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Clinicians Who Support People With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain24
Racial Disparities in Outpatient Physical Therapy Use After Hip Fracture: A Retrospective Cohort Study24
Evolving the Control-Chaos Continuum: Part 2—Shifting “Attention” to Progress On-Pitch Rehabilitation24
5 Things to Look for When Seeing a Health Professional for Achilles Tendon Pain23
Hamstring Injuries in Sport23
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Adults and Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain: A Systematic Review of Construct Validity, Reliability, Responsiveness, and Interpretability Using the COSMIN Met23
A Profile of Isometric Cervical Strength in Elite Professional Male Rugby Players23
Response to the Letter to the Editor-in-Chief Regarding the Paper “The Benefits of Adding Manual Therapy to Exercise Therapy for Improving Pain and Function in Patients with Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis23
Sports Participation and Performance 5 Years After Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 288 Patients22
Minimal Intervention of Patient Education for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis21
Pain Gets Misunderstood: New Lenses for Seeing Pain More Clearly20
Performance of ChatGPT Compared to Clinical Practice Guidelines in Making Informed Decisions for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain: A Cross-sectional Study20
Early Surgery Versus Exercise Therapy and Patient Education for Traumatic and Nontraumatic Meniscal Tears in Young Adults—An Exploratory Analysis From the DREAM Trial20
Removing Pathoanatomical Content From Information Pamphlets About Knee Osteoarthritis Did Not Affect Beliefs About Imaging or Surgery, but Led to Lower Perceptions That Exercise Is Damaging and Better20
Prehabilitation Improves Knee Functioning Before and Within the First Year After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis20
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Interpretation Thresholds at 3 and 12 Months After Arthroscopic Meniscal Surgery. What Changes, and What Stays the Same?19
Influence of Preoperative Pain, Cognitions, and Quantitative Sensory Testing Measures on the Effects of Perioperative Pain Neuroscience Education for People Receiving Surgery for Lumbar Radiculopathy:19
Mastering the Topic, the Message, and the Delivery: Leveraging the Social Marketing Mix to Better Implement Sports Injury Prevention Programs18
Diagnostic Imaging for Achilles Tendinopathy: Unnecessary Scans? Valuable Insights? Multidisciplinary Clinician-Scientists Present a Nuanced View17
Focused Issue on Low Back Pain Clinical Research From Early Career Researchers: Delivering the Best Work From the Brightest Minds in Musculoskeletal Research to Help Clinicians Help Patients17
Procedural Drift: An Underappreciated Element of Clinical Treatment Fidelity17
Does Playing Football (Soccer) Really Increase the Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis16
Delayed Rehabilitation Is Associated With Recurrence and Higher Medical Care Use After Ankle Sprain Injuries in the United States Military Health System16
Do Physical Therapy and Yoga Improve Pain and Disability through Psychological Mechanisms? A Causal Mediation Analysis of Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain16
Drawing a “Perfect Circle”: How Clinicians Can Become Better Communicators16
Reducing Low-Value Imaging for Low Back Pain: Systematic Review With Meta-analysis16
Football Players With Hip Dysplasia: The Relationship Between Muscle Strength, Functional Performance, Self-reported Sport and Recreation, Cartilage Defects, and Sex. A Cross-sectional Study16
Incidence and Severity of Hamstring Injuries in Female Athletes Who Play Field Sports: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies16
Best Exercise Options for Reducing Pain and Disability in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain: Pilates, Strength, Core-Based, and Mind-Body. A Network Meta-analysis16
Prioritizing Knowledge User Engagement: Engaging Patients and the Public in Creating Enduring Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research15
Exercise-Based Knee and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Prevention15
Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Diagnosis, Nonsurgical Medical Care, and Rehabilitation: A Clinical Practice Guideline15
Mediators and Moderators of Education Plus Exercise on Perceived Improvement in Individuals With Gluteal Tendinopathy: An Exploratory Analysis of a 3-Arm Randomized Trial15
Effectiveness of Manual Joint Mobilization Techniques in the Treatment of Nonspecific Neck Pain: Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Randomized Controlled Trials15
Author Response to “Are Findings From a Pragmatic Dry Needling Trial Always Applicable in the Real World?”14
American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy Poster Presentation Abstracts SPO1–SPO11314
Clinical Guidance to Optimize Work Participation After Injury or Illness: Using the Evidence to Guide Physical Therapist Practice14
Response to Letter to the Editor Regarding “Early Surgery Versus Exercise Therapy and Patient Education for Traumatic and Nontraumatic Meniscal Tears in Young Adults: An Exploratory Analysis From the 14
Associations Between Back Pain Incidence, and Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors: A Prospective Cohort Study With Data From Over 365 000 Participants14
Neck Strength Assessment Offers No Clinical Value in Predicting Concussion in Male Professional Rugby Players: A Prospective Cohort Study13
Direct-Access Physiotherapy to Improve Access to Quality Care for Children and Adolescents Presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department With Musculoskeletal Problems: The PEDPT-MSK Pilot Randomize13
Low-Load Resistance Training With Blood Flow Restriction Is Effective for Managing Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial13
Drop Jump? Single-Leg Squat? Not if You Aim to Predict Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury From Real-Time Clinical Assessment: A Prospective Cohort Study Involving 880 Elite Female Athletes13
Knee Osteoarthritis Education Interventions in Published Trials Are Typically Unclear, Not Comprehensive Enough, and Lack Robust Development: Ancillary Analysis of a Systematic Review13
Recurrence of an Episode of Low Back Pain: An Inception Cohort Study in Emergency Departments13
Shouldering Our Way Into a More Meaningful Research Agenda for Atraumatic Shoulder Pain: A Priority Setting Study13
The Relationship Between Changes in Movement and Activity Limitation or Pain in People With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review13
Age-, Sex-, and Graft-Specific Reference Values From 783 Adolescent Patients at 5 to 7 Months After ACL Reconstruction: IKDC, Pedi-IKDC, KOOS, ACL-RSI, Single-Leg Hop, and Thigh Strength13
Treating Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain12
The Effectiveness of Gait Retraining on Running Kinematics, Kinetics, Performance, Pain, and Injury in Distance Runners: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis12
There is a Lack of Clinical Homogeneity in Lower-Limb Tendinopathy Trials: A Scoping Review12
Has Reporting on Physical Therapy Interventions Improved in 2 Decades? An Analysis of 140 Trials Reporting on 225 Interventions12
Hip Pain and Movement Dysfunction Associated With Nonarthritic Hip Joint Pain: A Revision12
Reinterpreting the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Plantar Heel Pain Through an International Lens12
Diagnostic Accuracy of Clusters of Pain Provocation Tests for Detecting Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Systematic Review With Meta-analysis12
Neuromuscular Control and Resistance Training for People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial11
Demystifying Qualitative Research for Musculoskeletal Practitioners Part 5: Rigor in Qualitative Research11
Preventing Knee Injuries: Exercises to Keep You From Getting Sidelined11
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-Controlled Trials” 11
When Treating Coexisting Low Back Pain and Hip Impairments, Focus on the Back: Adding Specific Hip Treatment Does Not Yield Additional Benefits—A Randomized Controlled Trial11
Expert Consensus for the Use of Outpatient Rehabilitation Visits After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Delphi Study11
Insufficient Evidence for Load as the Primary Cause of Nonspecific (Chronic) Low Back Pain. A Scoping Review11
A Telehealth Physical Therapy Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Adults With Knee OA: The Delaware PEAK Randomized Controlled Trial11
Which Exercise Approaches Work for Relieving Cancer-Related Fatigue? A Network Meta-analysis11
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