OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Somatosensory and Motor Research is 1. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Randomised trial of virtual reality gaming and physiotherapy on balance, gross motor performance and daily functions among children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy	21
Investigation of the relationship between physical activity, kinesiophobia and fear of falling in older adults with chronic pain	11
Acute effect of kinesiology taping on muscle strength, tissue temperature, balance, and mobility in female patients with osteoarthritis of the knee	8
Psychophysical principles of discrete event-driven vibrotactile feedback for prostheses	7
Greater functional activation during galvanic vestibular stimulation is associated with improved postural stability: a GVS-fMRI study	7
Effects of cadence-compatible melodic rhythmic auditory stimulation implementation on gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease	7
Acute effects of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization technique on pain and joint position error in individuals with chronic neck pain: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial	6
Effect of sensory stimulation applied under the great toe on postural ability in patients with fibromyalgia	6
Does somatosensory feedback from the plantar foot sole contribute to verticality perception?	6
Clinical and laboratory measures of balance and comparison of balance performances according to postural instability and gait disorders in individuals with Parkinson’s disease	6
Rhythmic movement and rhythmic auditory cues enhance anticipatory postural adjustment of gait initiation	5
Association of disease duration and sensorimotor function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: beyond diabetic peripheral neuropathy	5
The role of enhanced plantar-surface sensory feedback on lower limb EMG during planned gait termination	5
Factors related to phantom limb pain and its effect on quality of life	5
Effect of sensorimotor training on spatiotemporal parameters of gait among middle and older age adults with diabetic peripheral neuropathy	4
The effect of a textured insole on anticipatory postural adjustments	4
The effects of physical training versus combined action observation and motor imagery in conjunction with physical training on upper-extremity performance	4
Neuroplasticity changes in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) indexed by event-related desynchronization/synchronization during a motor inhibition task	4
Plantar sensation, plantar pressure, and postural stability alterations and effects of visual status in older adults	4
Painful cold-heat segmental pulse stimulation provokes the thermal pain illusion	4
The effect of elastic therapeutic taping and rigid taping on pain, functionality, and tissue temperature in lumbar radiculopathy: a randomized controlled study	4
The effect of motor imagery training on individuals with unilateral cerebral palsy on motor imagery ability, functional mobility and muscle activity	4
Sensory processing patterns of young adults with preterm birth history	4
Effectiveness of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and myofascial release techniques in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome	4
Intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring in patients with dystrophic neurofibromatosis type 1 scoliosis	4

Effects of neural mobilizations through movement representation techniques for the improvement of neural mechanosensitivity of the median nerve region: a randomized controlled trial	3
Investigation of non-motor symptoms, balance, muscle strength, and functional mobility in patients with parkinson’s disease	3
The hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel currents contribute to oxaliplatin-induced hyperexcitability of DRG neurons	3
Reciprocal roles of joint position error, visual dependency and subjective perception in cervicogenic dizziness	3
Focal unilateral mechanical lesion in barrel cortex impairs rat’s abilities to discriminate textures	3
An investigation of neck pain in older adults, and its relation with shoulder position sense and upper extremity function	3
Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome and de Quervain’s tenosynovitis: is there an association?	3
Wnt16 protects chondrocytes from lumbar facet joint osteoarthritis through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in low back pain patients	3
E3 ubiquitin ligase Triad1 promotes neuronal apoptosis by regulating the p53-caspase3 pathway after spinal cord injury	3
Muscle strength, balance and upper extremity function are not predictors of cervical proprioception in healthy young subjects	3
Association between executive and physical functions in people with Parkinson’s disease	3
Secondary somatosensory area is involved in vibrotactile temporal-structure processing: MEG analysis of slow cortical potential shifts in humans	3
Contribution of the sensory innervation of the spine in low back pain: review and clinical commentary	3
Effectiveness of pregabalin treatment for trigger points in patients with comorbid myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial	3
The prolonged effect of Kinesio Taping on joint torque and muscle activity	3
Acute effects of contrast bath on sympathetic skin response in patients with poststroke complex regional pain syndrome	3
Effects of ischemic compression and instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization techniques in trigger point therapy in patients with rotator cuff pathology: randomized controlled study	3
Changes in brain morphometry after motor rehabilitation in chronic stroke	3
Interoceptive attentiveness and autonomic reactivity in pain observation	3
The effects of progressive neuromuscular exercise program and taping on muscle strength and pain in patellofemoral pain. A randomized controlled blind study	3
Auditory and visual distraction improve muscle endurance: a randomised controlled trial	3
Somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold changes during motor learning	3
Comparison of motor proficiency and functional ambulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy with healthy peers	2
Comparative analysis of the autonomic nervous system response during movement representation in healthy individuals and patients with chronic low back pain: a prospective cohort study	2
Comparison of the lower extremity function of patients with foot problems according to the level of kinesiophobia	2
Changes in the input-output relation of the Hoffmann reflex recruitment curve after submaximal fatiguing contraction of the antagonist muscles	2
Cortical plasticity causes useless hand syndrome in multiple sclerosis: a neurophysiological study in a rare case	2
The relationship of pain, anxiety, and fatigue with knee position sense, balance, and dual task performance during menstrual cycle in females with multiple sclerosis	2
Immediate effects of plantar vibration stimuli during static upright posture following total hip arthroplasty in females	2
There is an impairment in time perception of patients with multiple sclerosis	2
Game-based movement facilitates acute priming effect in stroke	2
Alpha and beta cortical activity during guitar playing: task complexity and audiovisual stimulus analysis	2
Hypoalgesic effects of a blood flow restriction technique at moderate intensity with or without motor imagery: a single-blind randomized controlled trial	2
Vibration of calf muscles has reverse effects on right and left ankle proprioception in high and low proprioceptive performer groups	2
Dual-task affects postural balance performance in children with intellectual disability	2
Visuospatial working memory abilities and spontaneous sensations perception	2
A stimulus rate that is not influenced by homosynaptic post-activation depression in chronic stroke	2
Bedside clinical tests to assess sensitization in office workers with chronic neck pain	2
The vagus nerve somatosensory evoked potential in the intact brain: state-of-evidence and some representative vignettes	2
Effect of low-level laser therapy plus exercise therapy on pain, range of motion, muscle strength, and function in knee osteoarthritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Association of bilateral lower limb coordination while standing with body sway control and aging	1
Does osteoporosis cause pain even without a fracture? An observational study	1
Intracellular potassium depletion enhances apoptosis induced by staurosporine in cultured trigeminal satellite glial cells	1
The effects of ethyl pyruvate against experimentally induced cisplatin ototoxicity in rats	1
Finger sensory impairment after elbow flexion reconstruction using concomitant nerve transfer from the median and ulnar nerves	1
Swimming, better than tennis, develops sensorimotor adaptabilities involved in postural balance in 5-6-year-old children	1
Muscular endurance and its association with neck pain, disability, neck awareness, and kinesiophobia in patients with chronic neck pain	1
Comparisons of postural control, proprioception, muscle strength, pain and disability between individuals with acute, subacute and chronic low back pain	1
Determination of five times-sit-to-stand test performance in patients with multiple sclerosis: validity and reliability	1
Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Greek version of the Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire-19	1

Proprioceptive accuracy after uni-joint and multi-joint patterns of arm-raising movements directed to overhead targets	1
The effects of basic body awareness therapy on balance in patients with chronic neck pain: a randomised crossover trial	1
Sex differences in passive and active stiffness of the knee flexor muscles during dynamic perturbation test: principal component analysis	1
Normal or tingly? A story about hands and feet	1
Effect of muscle selection for botulinum neurotoxin treatment on spasticity in patients with post-stroke elbow flexor muscle over-activity: an observational prospective study	1
Effects of scapular exercises on trunk control ın patients with acute stroke: a double-blind randomized controlled study	1
Comparison of two different delivery methods of home-based exercise on neck pain	1
Foot and ankle deformities in stroke: relationship with ambulation, balance, and daily living activities: a cross-sectional study	1
Investigation of grip strength, pain threshold, pain tolerance and function in smartphone users	1
The characteristics, disabilities, and spinal alignment of women with double crush syndrome: a case-control study	1
Effects of proprioception and core stability training followed by detraining on balance performance in deaf male students: a three-arm randomized controlled trial	1
Does digital media use contribute to decreased expressive language skills of pre-school-aged children? An exploratory study in Portuguese children	1
Relationship between presence of spinal cord lesion and restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis	1
The effectiveness of deep tissue massage on pain, trigger point, disability, range of motion and quality of life in individuals with myofascial pain syndrome	1
Perception of pain in patients with adolescent cerebral palsy: self report or parent’s report	1
Investigating the effects of subthalamic Nucleus–Deep brain stimulation on the voice quality	1
Effects of multi-gravitational suspension-based therapy on posture, physical fitness, quality of life, depression, and sleep quality in women without regular exercise habits	1
Combination of atorvastatin and gemfibrozil plus physical activity: an animal model of statin/fibrate-induced myopathy	1
The effects of a 6-Week balance training in addition to conventional physiotherapy on pain, postural control, and balance confidence in patients with cervical disc herniation: a randomized controlled	1
Comparison of gait speed, dynamic balance, and dual-task balance performance according to kinesiophobia level in older adults	1
Effect of theraband exercises on muscle strength and motor development of individuals with moderate intellectual disability	1
The effects of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization approach on clinical outcomes in older patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a randomized, controlled clinical trial	1
COVID-19 and postural sway: a comparison of individuals with a SARS-CoV-2 history and healthy sedentary women	1
Comparison of lumbopelvic stability, low back pain and well-being of women who have overactive bladder syndrome to asymptomatic controls: cut-off points	1
Accuracy and precision of a wrist movement when vibrotactile prompts inform movement speed	1