Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy is 8. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
What Do Women (With Serious Knee Injury) Want to Know About Knee Health? Identifying Research Priorities With a Consumer Advisory Group257
Return to Play After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Collegiate Athlete: A Systematic Review Evaluating Return to Play Proportions and Associated Factors98
Similar Effect of Exercise Therapy, Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, and Opioids for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-analysis90
ICON 2020—International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: A Scoping Review of Psychological and Psychosocial Constructs and Outcome Measures Reported in Tendinopathy Clinical Trials74
Home Exercise Programs Are Infrequently Prescribed in Trials of Supervised Exercise for Individuals With Low Back Pain: A Scoping Review of 292 Randomized Controlled Trials56
Do Maladaptive Imaging Beliefs Predict Self-Reported Pain Interference and Physical Function in Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders?52
Screening for Yellow Flags in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy: A Clinical Framework34
How Low Back Pain is Managed—A Mixed-Methods Study in 32 Countries. Part 2 of Low Back Pain in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Series33
Three Main Mechanisms Characterize Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries in Professional Male Soccer—Blow to the Knee, Contact to the Leg or Foot, and Sliding: Video Analysis of 37 Consecutive Injuries31
Usual Medical Care for Patellofemoral Pain Does Not Usually Involve Much Care: 2-Year Follow-up in the Military Health System31
Are Findings From a Pragmatic Dry Needling Trial Always Applicable in the Real World?31
Popping Pills in Youth Elite Sports—Fact or Fiction? A 36-Week Prospective Cohort Study of Analgesic Use in 1195 Youth Elite Athletes and Student Controls31
Celebrating the Achievements of Yet Another Challenging Year30
Confounding: Linking Evidence to Practice29
Treating Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain29
Demystifying Qualitative Research for Musculoskeletal Practitioners Part 4: A Qualitative Researcher's Toolkit—Sampling, Data Collection Methods, and Data Analysis27
Hamstring Injury: What Is It? What Should I Do About It? When Can I Get Back to My Sport?26
Demystifying Qualitative Research for Musculoskeletal Practitioners Part 5: Rigor in Qualitative Research26
Qualitative Research: Linking Evidence to Practice25
Six Treatments Have Positive Effects at 3 Months for People With Patellofemoral Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis25
Up Front and Open? Shrouded in Secrecy? Or Somewhere in Between? A Meta-Research Systematic Review of Open Science Practices in Sport Medicine Research24
Pain Science in Practice (Part 5): Central Sensitization II23
Knee Confidence, Fear of Movement, and Psychological Readiness for Sport in Individuals With Knee Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis23
Prognostic Models for Chronic Low Back Pain Outcomes in Primary Care Are at High Risk of Bias and Lack Validation—High-Quality Studies Are Needed: A Systematic Review23
Asking the Right Question Is Key to Getting a Valuable Answer21
The Tendinopathy Game Changers: Five Papers From the Last 5 Years That Might Change How You Manage Tendons21
The Missing Link in Running Injury Research: Nonrunning Physical Activity20
Content Validity of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures of Satisfaction With Primary Care for Musculoskeletal Complaints: A Systematic Review20
Relationship Between Leisure Time Physical Activity, Weight, and the Onset and Persistence of Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Systematic Review20
What’s in a Name? Introducing Movement Science Media: The JOSPT Community’s Guide to Quality Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Content20
March 2021 Letters to the Editor-in-Chief19
Risk Factors for Running-Related Injury in High School and Collegiate Cross-country Runners: A Systematic Review18
Diagnostic Accuracy of Clusters of Pain Provocation Tests for Detecting Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Systematic Review With Meta-analysis18
Achilles Pain, Stiffness, and Muscle Power Deficits: Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy Revision – 202418
Warming-up for the Latest on Diagnosing and Managing Tendinopathy18
The Influence of “Labels” for Neck Pain on Recovery Expectations Following a Motor Vehicle Crash: An Online-Randomized Vignette-Based Experiment17
Subsequent Musculoskeletal Injury Incidence Are Similar Between General Infection and COVID-19 Among High School Athletes in the Unites States Despite Higher Illness Incidence During Academic Years 2016
Quadriceps and Hamstrings Strength Reference Values for Athletes With and Without Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Who Play Popular Pivoting Sports, Including Soccer, Basketball, and Handball16
Physical Therapy After an Ankle Sprain: Using the Evidence to Guide Physical Therapist Practice16
Has Reporting on Physical Therapy Interventions Improved in 2 Decades? An Analysis of 140 Trials Reporting on 225 Interventions16
Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Poster Presentation Abstracts OPO1–OPO23216
Two-Thirds Maintain High Adherence to Digital Education and Exercise Therapy With Comparable Outcomes Across Adherence Clusters: A Registry Study Including Data From Over 14 000 Patients in Sweden15
Reinterpreting the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Plantar Heel Pain Through an International Lens15
Risk Factors for Quadriceps Muscle Strain Injuries in Sport: A Systematic Review15
Hip Pain and Movement Dysfunction Associated With Nonarthritic Hip Joint Pain: A Revision15
Nonpharmacological Spine Pain Management in Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Systematic Review Using AGREE II and AGREE-REX Tools15
Adding Brief Pain Science or Ergonomics Messages to Guideline Advice Did Not Increase Feelings of Reassurance in People With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Experiment15
There is a Lack of Clinical Homogeneity in Lower-Limb Tendinopathy Trials: A Scoping Review14
JOSPT January 2022 Corrigendum13
Pain Science in Practice: What Is Pain Neuroscience? Part 213
Pain Science in Practice: Linking Basic Pain Science to the Clinic and Quality Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Care13
JOSPT February 2024 Corrigendum12
Costs of Disabling Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Cost-of-Illness Prospective Cohort Study12
Harnessing People's Lived Experience to Strengthen Health Systems and Support Equitable Musculoskeletal Health Care12
JOSPT February 2021 Corrigendum12
The “SHRed Injuries Basketball” Neuromuscular Training Warm-up Program Reduces Ankle and Knee Injury Rates by 36% in Youth Basketball12
eHealth Interventions for Managing Spine Pain—Benefits for Pain, Quality of Life, Catastrophizing and Fear Avoidance Beliefs: An Overview of Systematic Reviews With Meta-analysis12
Adding Physical Activity Coaching and an Activity Monitor Was No More Effective Than Adding an Attention Control Intervention to Group Exercise for Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain (PAy11
Looking at Both Sides of the Coin: Addressing Rupture of the Therapeutic Relationship in Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy/Physiotherapy11
American Physical Therapy Association Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation for Neck and Low Back Pain in Outpatient Physical Therapy: A Nonrandomized, Cross-sectional Stepped-Wedge Pilot Study11
Diagnosing, Managing, and Supporting Return to Work of Adults With Rotator Cuff Disorders: Clinical Practice Guideline Methods11
Three in Every 10 School-aged Children in Brazil Report Back Pain in Any Given Year: 12-Month Prospective Cohort Study of Prevalence, Incidence, and Prognosis11
What Works When Treating Children and Adolescents With Low Back Pain?11
Broken Machines or Active Bodies? Part 2. How People Talk About Osteoarthritis and Why Clinicians Need to Change the Conversation11
Outcome Domain and Measurement Instrument Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Systematic Review11
Over Half of Clinical Trials of Mobilization and Manipulation for Patients With Low Back Pain May Have Limited Real-World Applicability: A Systematic Review of 132 Clinical Trials11
Neuromuscular Control and Resistance Training for People With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial11
Physical Therapy After Hip Fracture in Older Adults: What New Guidelines Mean for You10
Variation in Outcomes and Number of Visits Following Care Guideline Implementation: Part 2 of an Analysis of 12 355 Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty10
Author Response to “Concerns About the Methodology and Data Collection in a Systematic Review”10
Physical Therapy After a Low-Energy Hip Fracture in Older Adults: Using the Evidence to Guide Physical Therapist Practice10
Returning to Work After an Injury or Illness10
Hip Pain and Movement Dysfunction Associated With Nonarthritic Hip Joint Pain – 2023 Revision: Using the Evidence to Guide Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Practice10
Demystifying Qualitative Research for Musculoskeletal Practitioners Part 1: What Is Qualitative Research and How Can It Help Practitioners Deliver Best-Practice Musculoskeletal Care?9
Developing a Rehabilitation Guideline (REGUIDE) for Patients Undergoing an Arthroscopic Bankart Repair After Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Dislocation, Focusing on Managing Apprehension: An Internationa9
Dry Needling Versus Manual Therapy for Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial9
When Treating Coexisting Low Back Pain and Hip Impairments, Focus on the Back: Adding Specific Hip Treatment Does Not Yield Additional Benefits—A Randomized Controlled Trial9
Pain Science in Practice (Part 7): How Is Descending Modulation of Pain Measured?9
Patient Preferences and Their Effects on Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial9
Managing Low Back Pain: Exercise, Manual Therapy, and Education9
More Than a Game: Musculoskeletal Injuries and a Key Role for the Physical Therapist in Esports9
Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests for Assessing Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis9
Evolving the SCAT5 for Ruling Out Higher-Severity Traumatic Brain Injuries—Can Decision Rules Developed for Emergency Settings Help?8
Terminating Corticosteroid Injection in Tendinopathy? Hasta la Vista, Baby8
Physical Therapy for People with Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy: Using the Evidence to Guide Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Clinical Practice8
Preoperative Patient Education Programs for Orthopaedic Surgery: What Do the Programs Include? How Are They Delivered? What Are the Knowledge Gaps? A Scoping Review of 46 Studies8
Physical Function Following Total Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: A Longitudinal Systematic Review With Meta-analysis8
Indeed, Correlation Does Not Indicate Causation!8
Responder Analyses: A Methodological Mess8
Tennis Elbow: What Is It? How Do I Get Back to My Regular Activities?8
Classifying Nonspecific Low Back Pain for Better Clinical Outcomes: Current Challenges and Paths Forward8
Understanding Discrepancies in a Person's Fear of Movement and Avoidance Behavior: A Guide for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Clinicians Who Support People With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain8
The Effect of a Psychologically Informed Video Series to Treat Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial8
Conditioned Pain Modulation Does Not Differ Between People With Lower-Limb Tendinopathy and Nontendinopathy Controls: A Systematic Review With Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis8
Developing Clinical and Research Priorities for Pain and Psychological Features in People With Patellofemoral Pain: An International Consensus Process With Health Care Professionals8
Exercise Increases Pain Self-efficacy in Adults With Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis8
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