Journal of Physiotherapy

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 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
Correspondence: Re: Scrivener et al18
Cover image and highlights17
Critically appraised paper: The addition of robotics with virtual gaming to rehabilitation for children with hand burns improves range of movement, grip strength and hand function [synopsis]17
Title page17
Remotely delivered physiotherapy is as effective as face-to-face physiotherapy for musculoskeletal conditions (REFORM): a randomised trial17
Critically appraised paper: In people reporting dyspnoea following COVID-19 hospitalisation, additional telerehabilitation is more effective at improving exercise capacity, muscle strength and the phy17
Patient education16
Critically appraised paper: Online education improves physiotherapists’ confidence and competence with mechanical insufflation-exsufflation [synopsis]16
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 c14
Intravaginal electrical stimulation increases voluntarily pelvic floor muscle contractions in women who are unable to voluntarily contract their pelvic floor muscles: a randomised trial14
Critically appraised paper: In adults with persistent dyspnoea following pulmonary embolism, an exercise-based rehabilitation program improved exercise capacity and quality of life compared with usual14
Research Note: Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis14
Clinimetrics: The Physical Function in ICU test-scored13
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Clinical Practice Guideline for Physical Therapist Management of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis13
Correspondence: Author response to Cao13
Research Note: Transporting causal effects from randomised trials to target populations to improve external validity13
Critically appraised paper: Neck-specific exercise with internet support for chronic whiplash-associated disorders is noninferior to neck-specific exercise at a physiotherapy clinic [Commentary]12
Research Note: Interpreting confidence intervals12
Critically appraised paper: In people with advanced lung cancer, aerobic exercise and tai chi improve sleep quality, anxiety and exercise capacity compared with physical activity advice [commentary]12
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 car11
Critically appraised paper: In adolescents with moderate-grade idiopathic scoliosis, nighttime bracing with self-mediated physical activity prevented Cobb angle progression [commentary]11
Aims and Scope/Editorial Board10
The assessment of clinical competence of physiotherapists during and after the COVID-19 pandemic10
Research Note: Discrete choice experiments to elicit preferences for decision-making in physiotherapy10
Readers' Choice Award goes to an extraordinary paper10
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 th10
Physiotherapists vary in their knowledge of and approach to working with patients who are LGBTQIA+: a qualitative study9
Students experienced near peer-led simulation in physiotherapy education as valuable and engaging: a mixed methods study9
Clinical education of physiotherapy students9
Call for applications for membership of the Editorial Board9
Preoperative inspiratory muscle training improves lung function prior to elective heart valve surgery and reduces postoperative lung function impairment and pulmonary complications: a randomised trial8
Trunk stabilising exercises promote sternal stability in patients after median sternotomy for heart valve surgery: a randomised trial8
Physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries: an update8
Motor imagery priming improves activity and impairment outcomes in people after stroke but the effects of other types of priming are unclear: a systematic review7
Contents7
Physiotherapy students hold varying attitudes, beliefs and learning preferences regarding LGBTQIA+ healthcare: a mixed methods study7
Correspondence: Response to Bourgeois7
Measurement of breast cancer-related lymphoedema6
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 study6
Pelvic floor muscle function differs between supine and standing positions in women with stress urinary incontinence: an experimental crossover study6
Pregnant women may exercise both abdominal and pelvic floor muscles during pregnancy without increasing the diastasis recti abdominis: a randomised trial6
Physiotherapy management of patellofemoral pain in adolescents6
Reasons to become a volunteer rater for the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)6
Research Note: Registry-based randomised controlled trials with examples from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry6
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 6
Face-to-face and telerehabilitation delivery of circuit training have similar benefits and acceptability in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised trial6
Prophylactic non-invasive positive pressure ventilation reduces complications and length of hospital stay after invasive thoracic procedures: a systematic review5
Research Note: Thematic analysis in qualitative research5
Nature prescriptions for community and planetary health: unrealised potential to improve compliance and outcomes in physiotherapy5
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 trial5
Clinimetrics: Neck Disability Index5
Group-based pelvic floor muscle training is a more cost-effective approach to treat urinary incontinence in older women: economic analysis of a randomised trial5
Correspondence: Response to Bonnevie et al5
Corrigendum to ‘Statistical inference through estimation: recommendations from the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors’ [J Physiother 2022;68:1–4]5
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management5
Physiotherapists perceive hosting clinical placements in private practice as an investment in future physiotherapists: a mixed-methods study5
Health coaching improves physical activity, disability and pain in adults with chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review5
Chronic disease4
Critically appraised paper: Implicit motor learning is not superior to explicit motor learning for improving gait speed in chronic stroke [commentary]4
Critically appraised paper: Additional rehabilitation following botulinum toxin-A does not improve goal attainment and upper limb activity in chronic stroke survivors [synopsis]4
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM) standards for the provision of inpatient adult rehabilitation medicine services in public and private h4
Correspondence: Author response to Tian et al4
Correspondence: Treadmill walking after stroke4
Critically appraised paper: Eccentric resistance training may improve strength and power but not gait in patients with neurological conditions [commentary]4
In adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, long-term telerehabilitation and unsupervised home-based treadmill training reduced hospitalisations and emergency department presentations compar4
Correspondence: Exercise programs in preventing a new episode of neck pain4
Critically appraised paper: Group-based pelvic floor muscle training is not inferior to individual training for the treatment of urinary incontinence in older women [commentary]3
Critically appraised paper: Stable supportive shoes improved knee pain more than flat flexible shoes in people with moderate to severe radiographic medial knee osteoarthritis [commentary]3
Title page3
Correspondence: Re: Satpute et al3
Critically appraised paper: In rural youth, the iAmHealthy paediatric weight management intervention stabilises body mass index z-scores and impacts health behaviours compared with newsletters with si3
Critically appraised paper: Intensive motor rehabilitation after stroke is more effective within the subacute than acute or chronic phase compared with standard rehabilitation [commentary]3
Research Note: Treatment effect moderators3
Clinimetrics: The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 questionnaire3
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 dys3
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 3
Mechanically assisted walking with body weight support results in more independent walking and better walking ability compared with usual walking training in non-ambulatory adults early after stroke: 3
Critically appraised paper: Intensive motor rehabilitation after stroke is more effective within the subacute than acute or chronic phase compared with standard rehabilitation2
In people with shoulder pain, mobilisation with movement and exercise improves function and pain more than sham mobilisation with movement and exercise: a randomised trial2
Contents2
Stroke rehabilitation2
Cover image and highlights2
Clinimetrics: Quadriceps muscle ultrasound2
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Telerehabilitation in Physical Therapist Practice: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Physical Therapy Association2
Preoperative respiratory muscle training reduces the risk of pulmonary complications and the length of hospital stay after cardiac surgery: a systematic review2
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 car2
Critically appraised paper: Task-oriented exercise improved disability, pain and quality of life compared with general physiotherapy for surgically treated proximal humeral fractures [commentary]2
Journal publication information2
Expressions of interest for the Journal of Physiotherapy Editorial Fellowship2
Critically appraised paper: A combined digital technology program was not superior to usual care on knee pain following total knee replacement [Commentary]2
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