OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Somatosensory and Motor Research is 1. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Randomised trial of virtual reality gaming and physiotherapy on balance, gross motor performance and daily functions among children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy	17
Joint position reproduction and joint position discrimination at the ankle are not related	15
Investigation of the relationship between kinesiophobia and sensory processing in fibromyalgia patients	12
Investigation of the relationship between physical activity, kinesiophobia and fear of falling in older adults with chronic pain	10
Relationship between postural stability and fall risk in elderly people with lumbar spondylosis during local vibratory stimulation for proprioception: a retrospective study	8
Psychophysical principles of discrete event-driven vibrotactile feedback for prostheses	7
Acute effect of kinesiology taping on muscle strength, tissue temperature, balance, and mobility in female patients with osteoarthritis of the knee	7
Greater functional activation during galvanic vestibular stimulation is associated with improved postural stability: a GVS-fMRI study	7
Comparative study of observed actions, motor imagery and control therapeutic exercise on the conditioned pain modulation in the cervical spine: a randomized controlled trial	7
Does somatosensory feedback from the plantar foot sole contribute to verticality perception?	6
Effect of sensory stimulation applied under the great toe on postural ability in patients with fibromyalgia	6
Rhythmic movement and rhythmic auditory cues enhance anticipatory postural adjustment of gait initiation	5
Clinical and laboratory measures of balance and comparison of balance performances according to postural instability and gait disorders in individuals with Parkinson’s disease	5
Acute effects of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization technique on pain and joint position error in individuals with chronic neck pain: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial	5
Effects of cadence-compatible melodic rhythmic auditory stimulation implementation on gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease	5
Association of disease duration and sensorimotor function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: beyond diabetic peripheral neuropathy	4
Effectiveness of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and myofascial release techniques in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome	4
The effect of elastic therapeutic taping and rigid taping on pain, functionality, and tissue temperature in lumbar radiculopathy: a randomized controlled study	4
Plantar sensation, plantar pressure, and postural stability alterations and effects of visual status in older adults	4
The effect of a textured insole on anticipatory postural adjustments	4
The effects of physical training versus combined action observation and motor imagery in conjunction with physical training on upper-extremity performance	4
Sensory retraining improves light touch threshold of the paretic hand in chronic stroke survivors: a single-subject A-B design	4
The role of enhanced plantar-surface sensory feedback on lower limb EMG during planned gait termination	4
Sensory processing patterns of young adults with preterm birth history	4
Painful cold-heat segmental pulse stimulation provokes the thermal pain illusion	4

Factors related to phantom limb pain and its effect on quality of life	4
Effect of sensorimotor training on spatiotemporal parameters of gait among middle and older age adults with diabetic peripheral neuropathy	4
Acute effects of contrast bath on sympathetic skin response in patients with poststroke complex regional pain syndrome	3
Effects of neural mobilizations through movement representation techniques for the improvement of neural mechanosensitivity of the median nerve region: a randomized controlled trial	3
Muscle strength, balance and upper extremity function are not predictors of cervical proprioception in healthy young subjects	3
Interoceptive attentiveness and autonomic reactivity in pain observation	3
The effects of progressive neuromuscular exercise program and taping on muscle strength and pain in patellofemoral pain. A randomized controlled blind study	3
Reciprocal roles of joint position error, visual dependency and subjective perception in cervicogenic dizziness	3
Neuroplasticity changes in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) indexed by event-related desynchronization/synchronization during a motor inhibition task	3
Intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring in patients with dystrophic neurofibromatosis type 1 scoliosis	3
Wnt16 protects chondrocytes from lumbar facet joint osteoarthritis through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in low back pain patients	3
E3 ubiquitin ligase Triad1 promotes neuronal apoptosis by regulating the p53-caspase3 pathway after spinal cord injury	3
Investigation of non-motor symptoms, balance, muscle strength, and functional mobility in patients with parkinson’s disease	3
Contribution of the sensory innervation of the spine in low back pain: review and clinical commentary	3
Secondary somatosensory area is involved in vibrotactile temporal-structure processing: MEG analysis of slow cortical potential shifts in humans	3
Effectiveness of pregabalin treatment for trigger points in patients with comorbid myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial	3
Somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold changes during motor learning	3
The association between cardiac autonomic neuropathy and heart function in type 2 diabetic patients	3
Immediate effect of individual bars of insoles and their combination on gait parameters in asymptomatic healthy adults	3
The effect of motor imagery training on individuals with unilateral cerebral palsy on motor imagery ability, functional mobility and muscle activity	3
Changes in brain morphometry after motor rehabilitation in chronic stroke	3
The hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel currents contribute to oxaliplatin-induced hyperexcitability of DRG neurons	3
Focal unilateral mechanical lesion in barrel cortex impairs rat’s abilities to discriminate textures	3
An investigation of neck pain in older adults, and its relation with shoulder position sense and upper extremity function	3
Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome and de Quervain’s tenosynovitis: is there an association?	3
The vagus nerve somatosensory evoked potential in the intact brain: state-of-evidence and some representative vignettes	2
The prolonged effect of Kinesio Taping on joint torque and muscle activity	2
Comparison of motor proficiency and functional ambulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy with healthy peers	2
Immediate effects of plantar vibration stimuli during static upright posture following total hip arthroplasty in females	2
There is an impairment in time perception of patients with multiple sclerosis	2
Game-based movement facilitates acute priming effect in stroke	2
Auditory and visual distraction improve muscle endurance: a randomised controlled trial	2
The relationship of pain, anxiety, and fatigue with knee position sense, balance, and dual task performance during menstrual cycle in females with multiple sclerosis	2
Effect of low-level laser therapy plus exercise therapy on pain, range of motion, muscle strength, and function in knee osteoarthritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
What are the determinants of explicit and implicit motor imagery ability in stroke patients?: a controlled study	2
Effects of ischemic compression and instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization techniques in trigger point therapy in patients with rotator cuff pathology: randomized controlled study	2
Visuospatial working memory abilities and spontaneous sensations perception	2
Changes in the input-output relation of the Hoffmann reflex recruitment curve after submaximal fatiguing contraction of the antagonist muscles	2
Cortical plasticity causes useless hand syndrome in multiple sclerosis: a neurophysiological study in a rare case	2
Both reaching and grasping are impacted by temporarily induced paresthesia	2
Dual-task affects postural balance performance in children with intellectual disability	2
Comparative analysis of the autonomic nervous system response during movement representation in healthy individuals and patients with chronic low back pain: a prospective cohort study	2
Comparison of the lower extremity function of patients with foot problems according to the level of kinesiophobia	2
Alpha and beta cortical activity during guitar playing: task complexity and audiovisual stimulus analysis	2
Relationship between presence of spinal cord lesion and restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis	1
The effects of a 6-Week balance training in addition to conventional physiotherapy on pain, postural control, and balance confidence in patients with cervical disc herniation: a randomized controlled	1
Association of bilateral lower limb coordination while standing with body sway control and aging	1
Foot and ankle deformities in stroke: relationship with ambulation, balance, and daily living activities: a cross-sectional study	1
Does osteoporosis cause pain even without a fracture? An observational study	1
The effects of dynamic neuromuscular stabilization approach on clinical outcomes in older patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a randomized, controlled clinical trial	1

Investigating the effects of subthalamic Nucleus–Deep brain stimulation on the voice quality	1
Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Greek version of the Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire-19	1
Comparison of two different delivery methods of home-based exercise on neck pain	1
Does digital media use contribute to decreased expressive language skills of pre-school-aged children? An exploratory study in Portuguese children	1
Comparison of gait speed, dynamic balance, and dual-task balance performance according to kinesiophobia level in older adults	1
Accuracy and precision of a wrist movement when vibrotactile prompts inform movement speed	1
Swimming, better than tennis, develops sensorimotor adaptabilities involved in postural balance in 5-6-year-old children	1
A stimulus rate that is not influenced by homosynaptic post-activation depression in chronic stroke	1
The effects of ethyl pyruvate against experimentally induced cisplatin ototoxicity in rats	1
Hypoalgesic effects of a blood flow restriction technique at moderate intensity with or without motor imagery: a single-blind randomized controlled trial	1
Comparisons of postural control, proprioception, muscle strength, pain and disability between individuals with acute, subacute and chronic low back pain	1
Bedside clinical tests to assess sensitization in office workers with chronic neck pain	1
Effects of proprioception and core stability training followed by detraining on balance performance in deaf male students: a three-arm randomized controlled trial	1
Effect of muscle selection for botulinum neurotoxin treatment on spasticity in patients with post-stroke elbow flexor muscle over-activity: an observational prospective study	1
Comparison of lumbopelvic stability, low back pain and well-being of women who have overactive bladder syndrome to asymptomatic controls: cut-off points	1
Vibration of calf muscles has reverse effects on right and left ankle proprioception in high and low proprioceptive performer groups	1
Proprioceptive accuracy after uni-joint and multi-joint patterns of arm-raising movements directed to overhead targets	1
Effects of scapular exercises on trunk control ın patients with acute stroke: a double-blind randomized controlled study	1
The effectiveness of deep tissue massage on pain, trigger point, disability, range of motion and quality of life in individuals with myofascial pain syndrome	1
Effect of theraband exercises on muscle strength and motor development of individuals with moderate intellectual disability	1
Perception of pain in patients with adolescent cerebral palsy: self report or parent’s report	1
Investigation of grip strength, pain threshold, pain tolerance and function in smartphone users	1
Normal or tingly? A story about hands and feet	1
The characteristics, disabilities, and spinal alignment of women with double crush syndrome: a case-control study	1
Combination of atorvastatin and gemfibrozil plus physical activity: an animal model of statin/fibrate-induced myopathy	1
COVID-19 and postural sway: a comparison of individuals with a SARS-CoV-2 history and healthy sedentary women	1
Intracellular potassium depletion enhances apoptosis induced by staurosporine in cultured trigeminal satellite glial cells	1
Finger sensory impairment after elbow flexion reconstruction using concomitant nerve transfer from the median and ulnar nerves	1