Journal of Physiotherapy

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Physiotherapy is 19. 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
Critically appraised paper: In patients with acute low back or neck pain, a judicious short course of opioids did not reduce pain compared with placebo [commentary]165
Critically appraised paper: In adults with severe lower limb burns, adding a Wii Fit program to usual physiotherapy improves lower limb function and functional mobility [commentary]112
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Physical therapist management of Parkinson disease86
Perioperative physiotherapy74
Critically appraised paper: In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the addition of oscillatory positive expiratory pressure to usual care improves cough-specific and general quality o48
Cardiac conditions41
Lower limb sports injuries32
Critically appraised paper: In people with persistent instability after ACL injury, surgical reconstruction is more effective and cost-effective than non-surgical rehabilitation27
Critically appraised paper: In people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a six-week behaviour change intervention was not superior to a sham intervention at reducing time spent in sedentary b26
Critically appraised paper: An educational program increases habitual physical activity and self-efficacy for physical activity in people with coronary artery disease25
Critically appraised paper: In adults receiving intensive care, increased early active mobilisation did not improve clinical outcomes but increased adverse events24
Critically appraised paper: In adults on antidepressants for mild-to-moderate depression, yoga improves several aspects of quality of life23
Critically appraised paper: Corticosteroid injections combined with exercise therapy are superior to placebo injections and exercise therapy for Achilles tendinopathy symptoms [commentary]22
Clinimetrics: Clinical Frailty Scale22
Clinimetrics: Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS)21
Research Note: Re-examining the issue of false positives (statistical type 1 errors) in the era of big data and high-frequency health measurement technologies21
Critically appraised paper: Exercise is safe, clinically effective and cost-effective compared to usual care after non-reconstructive breast cancer surgery [commentary]21
Massage, laser and shockwave therapy improve pain and scar pruritus after burns: a systematic review20
Prehabilitation sessions can be provided more frequently in a shortened regimen with similar or better efficacy in people with non-small cell lung cancer: a randomised trial19
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