OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Physiotherapy is 2. 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
Some types of exercise are more effective than others in people with chronic low back pain: a network meta-analysis	105
Physiotherapists and patients report positive experiences overall with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study	85
Telerehabilitation improves physical function and reduces dyspnoea in people with COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 conditions: a systematic review	59
Patient education improves pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis with better effects when combined with exercise therapy: a systematic review	49
Advanced telehealth technology improves home-based exercise therapy for people with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review	39
Lung ultrasound has greater accuracy than conventional respiratory assessment tools for the diagnosis of pleural effusion, lung consolidation and collapse: a systematic review	35
An international core capability framework for physiotherapists to deliver quality care via videoconferencing: a Delphi study	33
Physiotherapy management for COVID-19 in the acute hospital setting and beyond: an update to clinical practice recommendations	31
Physiotherapists may improve management of knee osteoarthritis through greater psychosocial focus, being proactive with advice, and offering longer-term reviews: a qualitative study	27
Clinimetrics: Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE)	27
Physiotherapy management of urinary incontinence in females	26
Preoperative physiotherapy is cost-effective for preventing pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery: a health economic analysis of a multicentre randomised trial	25
Feedback-guided exercises performed on a tablet touchscreen improve return to work, function, strength and healthcare usage more than an exercise program prescribed on paper for people with wrist, han	24
Bobath therapy is inferior to task-specific training and not superior to other interventions in improving lower limb activities after stroke: a systematic review	19
Physiotherapy management of neck pain	19
Manual lymphatic drainage with or without fluoroscopy guidance did not substantially improve the effect of decongestive lymphatic therapy in people with breast cancer-related lymphoedema (EFforT-BCRL	19
Multifaceted interventions are required to improve physical activity behaviour in hospital care: a meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative research	18
Treadmill walking improves walking speed and distance in ambulatory people after stroke and is not inferior to overground walking: a systematic review	17
Some conservative interventions are more effective than others for people with chronic non-specific neck pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	17
Group-based pelvic floor muscle training for all women during pregnancy is more cost-effective than postnatal training for women with urinary incontinence: cost-effectiveness analysis of a systematic	17
People considering exercise to prevent low back pain recurrence prefer exercise programs that differ from programs known to be effective: a discrete choice experiment	17
Supervised, individualised exercise reduces fatigue and improves strength and quality of life more than unsupervised home exercise in people with chronic Guillain-Barré syndrome: a randomised trial	17
If we can’t see race and ethnicity in research, how will we see racial inequality?	16
Advice and education provide small short-term improvements in pain and disability in people with non-specific spinal pain: a systematic review	16
Multidisciplinary, exercise-based oncology rehabilitation programs improve patient outcomes but their effects on healthcare service-level outcomes remain uncertain: a systematic review	16

Clinimetrics: The Central Sensitisation Inventory: a useful screening tool for clinicians, but not the gold standard	15
Physiotherapy management of Parkinson's disease	14
Injury prevention programs that include balance training exercises reduce ankle injury rates among soccer players: a systematic review	14
Statistical inference through estimation: recommendations from the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors	13
Dry cupping therapy is not superior to sham cupping to improve clinical outcomes in people with non-specific chronic low back pain: a randomised trial	12
People with Parkinson's disease are more willing to do additional exercise if the exercise program has specific attributes: a discrete choice experiment	12
Innovative physiotherapy clinical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a clinical research placement model	12
Degree and pattern of dual-task interference during walking vary with component tasks in people after stroke: a systematic review	12
Photobiomodulation therapy does not decrease pain and disability in people with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review	11
Clinimetrics: Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)	11
An individualised self-management exercise and education program did not prevent recurrence of low back pain but may reduce care seeking: a randomised trial	11
Research Note: Thematic analysis in qualitative research	11
Directed vertebral manipulation is not better than generic vertebral manipulation in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomised trial	11
Group-based exercise, individually supervised exercise and home-based exercise have similar clinical effects and cost-effectiveness in people with subacromial pain: a randomised trial	11
Mobile app use to support therapeutic exercise for musculoskeletal pain conditions may help improve pain intensity and self-reported physical function: a systematic review	11
Adaptation, self-motivation and support services are key to physical activity participation three to five years after major trauma: a qualitative study	10
Twelve weeks of water-based circuit training exercise improves fitness, body fat and leg strength in people with stable coronary heart disease: a randomised trial	10
Women report sustained benefits from attending group-based education about pelvic floor muscles: a longitudinal qualitative study	9
Clinimetrics: The Back Beliefs Questionnaire	9
A consumer co-created infographic improves short-term knowledge about physical activity and self-efficacy to exercise in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomised trial	9
No prognostic model for people with recent-onset low back pain has yet been demonstrated to be suitable for use in clinical practice: a systematic review	9
Who should judge treatment effects as unimportant?	8
Physiotherapy management of Achilles tendinopathy	8
An international core capability framework for physiotherapists delivering telephone-based care	8
Resistance training leads to large improvements in strength and moderate improvements in physical function in adults who are overweight or obese: a systematic review	8
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 trial	8
Physiotherapy management of Down syndrome	7
A comprehensive exercise program improves foot alignment in people with flexible flat foot: a randomised trial	7
Injury prevention programs that include plyometric exercises reduce the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic review of cluster randomised trials	7
Nature prescriptions for community and planetary health: unrealised potential to improve compliance and outcomes in physiotherapy	7
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of hand osteoarthritis	7
Clinimetrics: The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire	7
Clinimetrics: World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0	7
Stratified exercise therapy does not improve outcomes compared with usual exercise therapy in people with knee osteoarthritis (OCTOPuS study): a cluster randomised trial	7
Telephysiotherapy	7
Clinimetrics: Neck Disability Index	7
Transcranial direct current stimulation provides no clinically important benefits over walking training for improving walking in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review	6
Research Note: Single-case experimental designs	5
Research Note: Causal inference	5
Physiotherapists can reduce overuse by Choosing Wisely	5
Feeling reassured after a consultation does not reduce disability or healthcare use in people with acute low back pain: a mediation analysis of a randomised trial	5
Repetitions and dose in stroke rehabilitation	5
Intravaginal electrical stimulation increases voluntarily pelvic floor muscle contractions in women who are unable to voluntarily contract their pelvic floor muscles: a randomised trial	5
The 6-minute stepper test and the sit-to-stand test predict complications after major pulmonary resection via minimally invasive surgery: a prospective inception cohort study	5
Respiratory physiotherapy interventions focused on exercise training and enhancing physical activity levels in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are likely to be cost-effective: a syst	5
Virtual hospitals: why we need them, how they work and what might come next	5
The Transmural Trauma Care Model can be implemented well but some barriers and facilitators should be considered during implementation: a mixed methods study	5
Bobath therapy is inferior to task-specific training and not superior to other interventions in improving arm activity and arm strength outcomes after stroke: a systematic review	5
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for children and youth: An integration of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep	4
Normal gait speed varies by age and sex but not by geographical region: a systematic review	4

Correspondence: Reward, but do not yet require, interval hypothesis tests	4
Physiotherapists vary in their knowledge of and approach to working with patients who are LGBTQIA+: a qualitative study	4
Home-based exercises are as effective as equivalent doses of centre-based exercises for improving walking speed and balance after stroke: a systematic review	4
Students achieve comparable performance scores for clinical placements in public and private sectors: a longitudinal observational study	4
Education plus exercise for persistent gluteal tendinopathy improves quality of life and is cost-effective compared with corticosteroid injection and wait and see: economic evaluation of a randomised	4
The assessment of clinical competence of physiotherapists during and after the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Prevention of spinal pain	4
Knee osteoarthritis	4
Diagnostic labels and advice for rotator cuff disease influence perceived need for shoulder surgery: an online randomised experiment	4
Curl-up exercises improve abdominal muscle strength without worsening inter-recti distance in women with diastasis recti abdominis postpartum: a randomised controlled trial	4
Are we giving stratified care a fair trial?	3
Chronic disease	3
Some magnetic resonance imaging findings may predict future low back pain and disability: a systematic review	3
Advanced practice physiotherapists can diagnose and triage patients with musculoskeletal disorders while providing effective care: a systematic review	3
Pelvic floor muscle function differs between supine and standing positions in women with stress urinary incontinence: an experimental crossover study	3
The role of the physiotherapist in treating survivors of sexual assault	3
Research Note: Estimating the complier average causal effect when participants in randomised trials depart from allocated treatment	3
Ballistic resistance training has a similar or better effect on mobility than non-ballistic exercise rehabilitation in people with a traumatic brain injury: a randomised trial	3
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Clinical Practice Guideline for Osteoarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management	3
Physiotherapy management of bronchiectasis in adults	2
Physiotherapy management of incontinence in men	2
Face-to-face and telerehabilitation delivery of circuit training have similar benefits and acceptability in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised trial	2
Reasons to become a volunteer rater for the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)	2
Physiotherapy management of interstitial lung disease	2
Clinimetrics: The Patient-Specific Functional Scale	2
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: CRISM National Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder	2
Critically appraised paper: Physiotherapy improved pain and functional disability more than glucocorticoid injection in people with knee osteoarthritis [commentary]	2
The smallest worthwhile effect on pain intensity of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and exercise therapy for acute and chronic low back pain: a benefit-harm trade-off study	2
Clinimetrics: Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale	2
Clinical placements in private practice for physiotherapy students are perceived as safe and beneficial for students, private practices and universities: a national mixed-methods study	2
Pain catastrophising and kinesiophobia mediate pain and physical function improvements with Pilates exercise in chronic low back pain: a mediation analysis of a randomised controlled trial	2
Clinimetrics: Assessment of generalised joint hypermobility: the Beighton score	2
Research Note: Treatment effect moderators	2
Clinimetrics: eHealth Literacy Scale	2
Research Note: Interpreting findings of a systematic review using GRADE methods	2
Clinimetrics: Photograph Series of Daily Activities – Short Electronic Version (PHODA-SeV)	2