Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy is 8. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Hip Pain and Movement Dysfunction Associated With Nonarthritic Hip Joint Pain: A Revision315
Similar Effect of Exercise Therapy, Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, and Opioids for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-analysis114
What Do Women (With Serious Knee Injury) Want to Know About Knee Health? Identifying Research Priorities With a Consumer Advisory Group97
Interpreting Odds and Risk and Understanding the Difference: Linking Evidence to Practice79
Home Exercise Programs Are Infrequently Prescribed in Trials of Supervised Exercise for Individuals With Low Back Pain: A Scoping Review of 292 Randomized Controlled Trials55
Do Maladaptive Imaging Beliefs Predict Self-Reported Pain Interference and Physical Function in Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders?49
Screening for Yellow Flags in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy: A Clinical Framework48
Usual Medical Care for Patellofemoral Pain Does Not Usually Involve Much Care: 2-Year Follow-up in the Military Health System46
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 Controls37
Three Main Mechanisms Characterize Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries in Professional Male Soccer—Blow to the Knee, Contact to the Leg or Foot, and Sliding: Video Analysis of 37 Consecutive Injuries34
Are Findings From a Pragmatic Dry Needling Trial Always Applicable in the Real World?34
Treating Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain33
Celebrating the Achievements of Yet Another Challenging Year33
Confounding: Linking Evidence to Practice31
Demystifying Qualitative Research for Musculoskeletal Practitioners Part 5: Rigor in Qualitative Research29
Hamstring Injury: What Is It? What Should I Do About It? When Can I Get Back to My Sport?28
Qualitative Research: Linking Evidence to Practice28
Six Treatments Have Positive Effects at 3 Months for People With Patellofemoral Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis27
Pain Science in Practice (Part 5): Central Sensitization II26
Prognostic Models for Chronic Low Back Pain Outcomes in Primary Care Are at High Risk of Bias and Lack Validation—High-Quality Studies Are Needed: A Systematic Review26
Asking the Right Question Is Key to Getting a Valuable Answer26
Relationship Between Leisure Time Physical Activity, Weight, and the Onset and Persistence of Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Systematic Review25
The Tendinopathy Game Changers: Five Papers From the Last 5 Years That Might Change How You Manage Tendons25
The Missing Link in Running Injury Research: Nonrunning Physical Activity24
What’s in a Name? Introducing Movement Science Media: The JOSPT Community’s Guide to Quality Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Content23
Diagnostic Accuracy of Clusters of Pain Provocation Tests for Detecting Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Systematic Review With Meta-analysis23
Risk Factors for Running-Related Injury in High School and Collegiate Cross-country Runners: A Systematic Review23
Warming-up for the Latest on Diagnosing and Managing Tendinopathy23
Achilles Pain, Stiffness, and Muscle Power Deficits: Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy Revision – 202422
Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Poster Presentation Abstracts OPO1–OPO23221
Subsequent Musculoskeletal Injury Incidence Are Similar Between General Infection and COVID-19 Among High School Athletes in the Unites States Despite Higher Illness Incidence During Academic Years 2021
The Influence of “Labels” for Neck Pain on Recovery Expectations Following a Motor Vehicle Crash: An Online-Randomized Vignette-Based Experiment21
Physical Therapy After an Ankle Sprain: Using the Evidence to Guide Physical Therapist Practice21
Nonpharmacological Spine Pain Management in Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Systematic Review Using AGREE II and AGREE-REX Tools20
Has Reporting on Physical Therapy Interventions Improved in 2 Decades? An Analysis of 140 Trials Reporting on 225 Interventions20
Two-Thirds Maintain High Adherence to Digital Education and Exercise Therapy With Comparable Outcomes Across Adherence Clusters: A Registry Study Including Data From Over 14 000 Patients in Sweden20
Reinterpreting the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Plantar Heel Pain Through an International Lens18
There is a Lack of Clinical Homogeneity in Lower-Limb Tendinopathy Trials: A Scoping Review18
Pain Science in Practice: Linking Basic Pain Science to the Clinic and Quality Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Care17
Pain Science in Practice: What Is Pain Neuroscience? Part 216
JOSPT January 2022 Corrigendum16
Harnessing People's Lived Experience to Strengthen Health Systems and Support Equitable Musculoskeletal Health Care15
JOSPT February 2024 Corrigendum15
The “SHRed Injuries Basketball” Neuromuscular Training Warm-up Program Reduces Ankle and Knee Injury Rates by 36% in Youth Basketball15
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 Experiment15
Costs of Disabling Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Cost-of-Illness Prospective Cohort Study15
eHealth Interventions for Managing Spine Pain—Benefits for Pain, Quality of Life, Catastrophizing and Fear Avoidance Beliefs: An Overview of Systematic Reviews With Meta-analysis15
Demystifying Qualitative Research for Musculoskeletal Practitioners Part 4: A Qualitative Researcher's Toolkit—Sampling, Data Collection Methods, and Data Analysis15
Quadriceps and Hamstrings Strength Reference Values for Athletes With and Without Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Who Play Popular Pivoting Sports, Including Soccer, Basketball, and Handball15
ICON 2020—International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: A Scoping Review of Psychological and Psychosocial Constructs and Outcome Measures Reported in Tendinopathy Clinical Trials15
Knee Confidence, Fear of Movement, and Psychological Readiness for Sport in Individuals With Knee Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis15
Risk Factors for Quadriceps Muscle Strain Injuries in Sport: A Systematic Review15
Return to Play After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Collegiate Athlete: A Systematic Review Evaluating Return to Play Proportions and Associated Factors14
Up Front and Open? Shrouded in Secrecy? Or Somewhere in Between? A Meta-Research Systematic Review of Open Science Practices in Sport Medicine Research13
Imaging Findings Associated With Osteoarthritis Are Common in Dancers, and Are Rarely Symptomatic: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis13
Over Half of Clinical Trials of Mobilization and Manipulation for Patients With Low Back Pain May Have Limited Real-World Applicability: A Systematic Review of 132 Clinical Trials12
What Works When Treating Children and Adolescents With Low Back Pain?12
Outcome Domain and Measurement Instrument Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Systematic Review12
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 Study12
Looking at Both Sides of the Coin: Addressing Rupture of the Therapeutic Relationship in Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy/Physiotherapy12
Are Changes in Dynamic Knee Movement Control Related to Changes in Pain or Function in People With Knee Disorders? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis12
Three in Every 10 School-aged Children in Brazil Report Back Pain in Any Given Year: 12-Month Prospective Cohort Study of Prevalence, Incidence, and Prognosis11
Returning to Work After an Injury or Illness11
Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests for Assessing Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis11
Conditioned Pain Modulation Does Not Differ Between People With Lower-Limb Tendinopathy and Nontendinopathy Controls: A Systematic Review With Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis11
Variation in Outcomes and Number of Visits Following Care Guideline Implementation: Part 2 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty11
Author Response to “Concerns About the Methodology and Data Collection in a Systematic Review”11
Developing a Rehabilitation Guideline (REGUIDE) for Patients Undergoing an Arthroscopic Bankart Repair After Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Dislocation, Focusing on Managing Apprehension: An Internationa11
Dry Needling Versus Manual Therapy for Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial11
More Than a Game: Musculoskeletal Injuries and a Key Role for the Physical Therapist in Esports11
Managing Low Back Pain: Exercise, Manual Therapy, and Education11
Patient Preferences and Their Effects on Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial11
Physical Therapy for People with Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy: Using the Evidence to Guide Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Clinical Practice10
Classifying Nonspecific Low Back Pain for Better Clinical Outcomes: Current Challenges and Paths Forward10
The Effect of a Psychologically Informed Video Series to Treat Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial10
Understanding Discrepancies in a Person's Fear of Movement and Avoidance Behavior: A Guide for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Clinicians Who Support People With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain10
Physical Function Following Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: A Longitudinal Systematic Review With Meta-analysis10
Responder Analyses: A Methodological Mess10
Indeed, Correlation Does Not Indicate Causation!10
Tennis Elbow: What Is It? How Do I Get Back to My Regular Activities?10
A Telehealth Physical Therapy Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Adults With Knee OA: The Delaware PEAK Randomized Controlled Trial9
Which Exercise Approaches Work for Relieving Cancer-Related Fatigue? A Network Meta-analysis9
Not All Pain Is Caused by Tissue Damage in Sports. Should Management Change?9
Altered Sensory Processing in People Attending Specialist Orthopaedic Consultation for Management of Persistent Shoulder Pain: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study9
Individual Education for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: Likely a Clinically-Relevant Effect for Long-term Disability Compared to Non-educational Interventions. A Systematic Review With Meta-Anal9
Bad Altitude: Categorizing Elevation Produces Spurious Association With Concussions in the National Football League (NFL)9
Workplace Injury Prevention and Wellness Program for Orchestra Musicians: A Randomized Controlled Trial9
Poor Reporting of Exercise Interventions for Hamstring Strain Injury Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review of Reporting Quality and Content in Contemporary Applied Research9
“Dear Newly Graduated Physical Therapist”: A Direct Message Containing Advice We Wish We Had Received9
The Therapeutic Alliance May Yet Prove Effective8
Optimal Load for Managing Low-Risk Tibial and Metatarsal Bone Stress Injuries in Runners: The Science Behind the Clinical Reasoning8
Strength Setbacks: The Impact of Youth Sport-Related Knee Joint Injuries on Thigh Muscle Strength. A 24-Month Prospective Cohort Study8
Evolving the SCAT5 for Ruling Out Higher-Severity Traumatic Brain Injuries—Can Decision Rules Developed for Emergency Settings Help?8
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” 8
Low Back Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Part 1: The Problem8
Does Your Bedside Neurological Examination for Suspected Peripheral Neuropathies Measure Up?8
People With Knee Osteoarthritis Attending Physical Therapy Have Broad Education Needs and Prioritize Information About Surgery and Exercise: A Concept Mapping Study8
How Do Hip Exercises Improve Pain in Individuals With Patellofemoral Pain? Secondary Mediation Analysis of Strength and Psychological Factors as Mechanisms8
Walking, Cycling, and Swimming for Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis8
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-Control8
Measurement Properties of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale and Its Current Uses: An Updated Systematic Review of 57 Studies Using COSMIN Guidelines8
Effects of Exercise-Based ACL Injury Prevention Interventions on Knee Motion in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis8
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