OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Somatosensory and Motor Research 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

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	26
Investigation of the relationship between physical activity, kinesiophobia and fear of falling in older adults with chronic pain	13
Effects of cadence-compatible melodic rhythmic auditory stimulation implementation on gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease	7
Factors related to phantom limb pain and its effect on quality of life	7
Does somatosensory feedback from the plantar foot sole contribute to verticality perception?	6
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	6
The role of enhanced plantar-surface sensory feedback on lower limb EMG during planned gait termination	6
Neuroplasticity changes in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) indexed by event-related desynchronization/synchronization during a motor inhibition task	6
The effects of progressive neuromuscular exercise program and taping on muscle strength and pain in patellofemoral pain. A randomized controlled blind study	5
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	5
Foot and ankle deformities in stroke: relationship with ambulation, balance, and daily living activities: a cross-sectional study	5
Normal or tingly? A story about hands and feet	5
Intra-operative neurophysiological monitoring in patients with dystrophic neurofibromatosis type 1 scoliosis	5
The effect of motor imagery training on individuals with unilateral cerebral palsy on motor imagery ability, functional mobility and muscle activity	5
The effect of elastic therapeutic taping and rigid taping on pain, functionality, and tissue temperature in lumbar radiculopathy: a randomized controlled study	5
Effectiveness of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and myofascial release techniques in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome	4
Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome and de Quervain’s tenosynovitis: is there an association?	4
Effects of neural mobilizations through movement representation techniques for the improvement of neural mechanosensitivity of the median nerve region: a randomized controlled trial	4
Muscle strength, balance and upper extremity function are not predictors of cervical proprioception in healthy young subjects	4
Interoceptive attentiveness and autonomic reactivity in pain observation	4
The effects of physical training versus combined action observation and motor imagery in conjunction with physical training on upper-extremity performance	4
Dual-task affects postural balance performance in children with intellectual disability	4
Effects of ischemic compression and instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization techniques in trigger point therapy in patients with rotator cuff pathology: randomized controlled study	4
Focal unilateral mechanical lesion in barrel cortex impairs rat’s abilities to discriminate textures	4
Painful cold-heat segmental pulse stimulation provokes the thermal pain illusion	4

Plantar sensation, plantar pressure, and postural stability alterations and effects of visual status in older adults	4
Effect of sensorimotor training on spatiotemporal parameters of gait among middle and older age adults with diabetic peripheral neuropathy	4
The effect of a textured insole on anticipatory postural adjustments	4
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	3
E3 ubiquitin ligase Triad1 promotes neuronal apoptosis by regulating the p53-caspase3 pathway after spinal cord injury	3
Visuospatial working memory abilities and spontaneous sensations perception	3
Cortical plasticity causes useless hand syndrome in multiple sclerosis: a neurophysiological study in a rare case	3
Bedside clinical tests to assess sensitization in office workers with chronic neck pain	3
Wnt16 protects chondrocytes from lumbar facet joint osteoarthritis through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in low back pain patients	3
Muscular endurance and its association with neck pain, disability, neck awareness, and kinesiophobia in patients with chronic neck pain	3
Changes in brain morphometry after motor rehabilitation in chronic stroke	3
Effectiveness of pregabalin treatment for trigger points in patients with comorbid myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial	3
The prolonged effect of Kinesio Taping on joint torque and muscle activity	3
Swimming, better than tennis, develops sensorimotor adaptabilities involved in postural balance in 5-6-year-old children	3
Investigation of non-motor symptoms, balance, muscle strength, and functional mobility in patients with parkinson’s disease	3
Association between executive and physical functions in people with Parkinson’s disease	3
An investigation of neck pain in older adults, and its relation with shoulder position sense and upper extremity function	3