Journal of Physiotherapy

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Physiotherapy is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Motor imagery priming improves activity and impairment outcomes in people after stroke but the effects of other types of priming are unclear: a systematic review99
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in th50
Critically appraised paper: Hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities (HABIT-ILE) improves bi-manual performance and gross motor function in pre-school children with unilateral c49
Clinimetrics: Clinical Frailty Scale44
Physiotherapists vary in their knowledge of and approach to working with patients who are LGBTQIA+: a qualitative study40
Research Note: Re-examining the issue of false positives (statistical type 1 errors) in the era of big data and high-frequency health measurement technologies35
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 trial35
Reasons to become a volunteer rater for the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)34
Cover image and highlights29
Critically appraised paper: In adults receiving intensive care, increased early active mobilisation did not improve clinical outcomes but increased adverse events29
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Physical therapist management of Parkinson disease29
Face-to-face and telerehabilitation delivery of circuit training have similar benefits and acceptability in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised trial29
Group-based pelvic floor muscle training is a more cost-effective approach to treat urinary incontinence in older women: economic analysis of a randomised trial28
Contents26
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 trial25
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guideline on motor rehabilitation25
Critically appraised paper: In adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, long-term pulmonary rehabilitation did not improve 6-minute walk distance, but improved endurance time compared with usual car23
Critically appraised paper: Cognitive behavioural therapy with best-evidence pain management was not superior to best-evidence pain management alone for patients with chronic spinal pain and insomnia 23
Contents23
Physiotherapy management of pleural effusion21
Title page20
Contents20
Critically appraised paper: Corticosteroid injections combined with exercise therapy are superior to placebo injections and exercise therapy for Achilles tendinopathy symptoms19
Clinimetrics: The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 questionnaire17
Critically appraised paper: Intensive motor rehabilitation after stroke is more effective within the subacute than acute or chronic phase compared with standard rehabilitation17
Clinimetrics: The Central Sensitisation Inventory: a useful screening tool for clinicians, but not the gold standard17
Critically appraised paper: In people with chronic respiratory disease, telerehabilitation was equivalent to centre-based pulmonary rehabilitation at improving exercise capacity but may not be for dys16
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 review16
Critically appraised paper: Task-oriented exercise improved disability, pain and quality of life compared with general physiotherapy for surgically treated proximal humeral fractures [commentary]16
Preoperative physiotherapy prevents postoperative pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery: a meta-analysis of individual patient data15
Telerehabilitation improves physical function and reduces dyspnoea in people with COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 conditions: a systematic review15
Call for applications for membership of the Editorial Board15
Journal publication information15
Critically appraised paper: In-bed cycle ergometry in mechanically ventilated patients is safe but does not improve physical function after intensive care discharge [synopsis]15
Critically appraised paper: High-intensity interval training is an effective method for enhancing walking capacity in patients with chronic stroke14
Research Note: Evaluating risk of bias in randomised controlled trials14
Injury prevention programs that include balance training exercises reduce ankle injury rates among soccer players: a systematic review13
Critically appraised paper: A task-specific sit-to-stand training program for children with cerebral palsy improves mobility and self-care function [synopsis]12
Critically appraised paper: High-intensity resistance training is not superior to low-intensity resistance training in patients with knee osteoarthritis [commentary]11
Critically appraised paper: For women at high risk of breast cancer-related lymphoedema, prophylactic compression sleeve usage reduces and delays occurrence of arm swelling [commentary]11
Critically appraised paper: Fall prevention program delivered electronically to community-dwelling older people can reduce fall rate over 24 months [commentary]11
Critically appraised paper: Timing and coordination training does not enhance standard treatment benefit on mobility in community-dwelling older adults [commentary]11
Degree and pattern of dual-task interference during walking vary with component tasks in people after stroke: a systematic review11
Critically appraised papers: Manual therapy may improve passive cervical range of motion, symmetric head posture and reduce sternocleidomastoid tumour thickness in infants and young children with cong10
Critically appraised paper: High-intensity interval training results in greater walking capacity at 8 and 12 weeks than moderate-intensity locomotor training in chronic stroke10
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management10
Journal publication information10
Journal publication information10
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 10
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical practice guideline for myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrom9
Correspondence: In memory of Professor Julia Hush9
Towards responsible use of artificial intelligence in daily practice: what do physiotherapists need to know, consider and do?9
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 review9
An international core capability framework for physiotherapists delivering telephone-based care8
Correspondence: Response to Vaughan-Graham et al8
Advice and education for spinal pain8
Critically appraised paper: In adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, long-term telerehabilitation and unsupervised home-based treadmill training reduced hospitalisations and emergency dep8
Clinimetrics: The International Prostate Symptom Score8
Physiotherapy management of blood cancers8
Correspondence: Re Dr Vrieze et al7
Response to Nam et al7
Clinimetrics: The Patient-Specific Functional Scale7
Normal gait speed varies by age and sex but not by geographical region: a systematic review7
Clinimetrics: Keele STarT MSK tool7
Advanced practice physiotherapists can diagnose and triage patients with musculoskeletal disorders while providing effective care: a systematic review7
Journal publication information6
Journal publication information6
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Achilles, pain, stiffness and muscle power deficits: mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy revision – 20246
Critically appraised paper: Online graded motor imagery is effective in women diagnosed with pelvic pain [commentary]6
Paper of the Year 20246
Exploring the mediators of the BOOST intervention on walking disability at 12 months: a causal mediation analysis6
Critically appraised paper: High-intensity interval training after stroke improves some aspects of physical function, but benefits are not sustained [commentary]6
Critically appraised paper: Dynamic neuromuscular stabilisation leads to superior and sustained improvements in balance compared with core stabilisation in patients with multiple sclerosis [commentary6
Critically appraised paper: In patients with acute low back or neck pain, a judicious short course of opioids did not reduce pain compared with placebo6
Risk assessment of vascular complications following manual therapy and exercise for the cervical region: diagnostic accuracy of the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therap6
Critically appraised paper: A combined digital technology program was not superior to usual care on knee pain following total knee replacement [synopsis]5
Critically appraised paper: Balance training and cognitive-behavioural therapy are most promising for reducing fatigue severity in people with multiple sclerosis5
Correspondence: Response to Rafat et al5
Critically appraised paper: Beneficial pain reduction from a personalised multifaceted care pathway compared with usual care in patients with chronic knee pain after total knee replacement [commentary5
Critically appraised papers: The Sustainable Model of Early Intervention and Telerehabilitation for Children with Cerebral Palsy (SMART-CP) results in earlier diagnosis and access to treatment compare5
Contents5
Are we giving stratified care a fair trial?5
Critically appraised paper: Education-enhanced care was superior to conventional care on disability, but not on pain, for temporomandibular disorders [synopsis]4
Physiotherapy management of Achilles tendinopathy4
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults With Hip Fracture4
Critically appraised paper: Education-enhanced care was superior to conventional care on disability, but not on pain, for temporomandibular disorders [commentary]4
Critically appraised paper: Adding healthy lifestyle management to guideline-based care improves disability for low back pain4
Critically appraised paper: Respiratory waveform analysis guides settings for effective mechanical insufflation-exsufflation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis4
Clinimetrics: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Clinical Practice4
Health coaching improves physical activity, disability and pain in adults with chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review4
Clinimetrics: Assessment of generalised joint hypermobility: the Beighton score3
Injury prevention programs that include plyometric exercises reduce the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic review of cluster randomised trials3
Pregnant women may exercise both abdominal and pelvic floor muscles during pregnancy without increasing the diastasis recti abdominis: a randomised trial3
Correspondence: Response to Bourgeois3
Pelvic floor muscle function differs between supine and standing positions in women with stress urinary incontinence: an experimental crossover study3
Critically appraised paper: Beneficial pain reduction from a personalised multifaceted care pathway compared with usual care in patients with chronic knee pain after total knee replacement3
Pelvic floor muscle training by competitive rhythmic gymnasts at regular training sessions did not reduce urinary incontinence: a cluster-randomised trial3
Critically appraised paper: Eccentric resistance training may improve strength and power but not gait in patients with neurological conditions [commentary]3
Stroke rehabilitation3
Students experienced near peer-led simulation in physiotherapy education as valuable and engaging: a mixed methods study3
Clinimetrics: The Breathing Pattern Assessment Tool3
Correspondence: Response to Bonnevie et al3
Correspondence: reply to Zhang et al3
Physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries: an update3
Perioperative physiotherapy3
Recent highlights and uncertainties in exercise management of knee osteoarthritis3
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