Physical Therapy in Sport

Article	Citations
Does lower-limb asymmetry increase injury risk in sport? A systematic review	58
Many physiotherapists lack preparedness to prescribe physical activity and exercise to people with musculoskeletal pain: A multi-national survey	32
Exercise-induced hypoalgesia and pain reduction following blood flow restriction: A brief review	30
Strength, rate of force development, power and reactive strength in adult male athletic populations post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - A systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Heat and cold therapy reduce pain in patients with delayed onset muscle soreness: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 32 randomized controlled trials	23
Short-term and long-term effects of ankle joint taping and bandaging on balance, proprioception and vertical jump among volleyball players with chronic ankle instability	23
Reliability and validity of a return to sports testing battery for the shoulder	20
Does blood flow restriction training enhance clinical outcomes in knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Landing instructions focused on pelvic and trunk lateral tilt decrease the knee abduction moment during a single-leg drop vertical jump	19
A systematic review on conservative treatment options for OSGOOD-Schlatter disease	18
Effects of successive judo matches on interlimb asymmetry and bilateral deficit	18
Inertial flywheel vs heavy slow resistance training among athletes with patellar tendinopathy: A randomised trial	18
Physical therapy for tendinopathy: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses	17
The effectiveness of mobilization with movement on pain, balance and function following acute and sub acute inversion ankle sprain – A randomized, placebo controlled trial	17
Diagnostic accuracy of clinical tests assessing ligamentous injury of the ankle syndesmosis: A systematic review with meta-analysis	16
The role of core stability in the development of non-contact acute lower extremity injuries in an athletic population: A prospective study	16
Integrating neurocognitive challenges into injury prevention training: A clinical commentary	16
The effects of stroboscopic balance training on cortical activities in athletes with chronic ankle instability	16
Comparison of blood flow restriction devices and their effect on quadriceps muscle activation	16
The implementation of resistance training principles in exercise interventions for lower limb tendinopathy: A systematic review	16
Persistent knee flexor strength deficits identified through the NordBord eccentric test not seen with “gold standard” isokinetic concentric testing during the first year after anterior cruciate ligame	15
Short and long lever adductor squeeze strength values in 100 elite youth soccer players: Does age and previous groin pain matter?	15
Early aerobic exercise among adolescents at moderate/high risk for persistent post-concussion symptoms: A pilot randomized clinical trial	15
Dynamic reach deficits in those with chronic ankle instability: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Sprinting and hamstring strain injury: Beliefs and practices of professional physical performance coaches in Australian football	15

Age, rehabilitation and surgery characteristics are re-injury risk factors for adolescents following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	15
Does isometric exercise result in exercise induced hypoalgesia in people with local musculoskeletal pain? A systematic review	14
Effect of chronic ankle instability on lower extremity kinematics, dynamic postural stability, and muscle activity during unilateral jump-landing tasks: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Anatomical risk factors of lateral ankle sprain in adolescent athletes: A prospective cohort study	14
One in four trail running race entrants sustained an injury in the 12 months training preceding the 2019 SkyRun race	14
Neuromuscular control of the ankle during pre-landing in athletes with chronic ankle instability: Insights from statistical parametric mapping and muscle co-contraction analysis	14
Relationship between lower limb EMG activity and knee frontal plane projection angle during a single-legged drop jump	13
Psychological factors during rehabilitation of patients with Achilles or patellar tendinopathy: a cross-sectional study	13
The psychological readiness to return to sports of patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively	13
Physical therapy interventions for the treatment of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS): Systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Effectiveness of cryotherapy on pain intensity, swelling, range of motion, function and recurrence in acute ankle sprain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	12
Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and severity of gradual onset injuries in recreational road cyclists: A cross-sectional study in 21,824 cyclists - SAFER XIII	12
Injuries in Irish male and female collegiate athletes	12
The measurement of neck strength: A guide for sports medicine clinicians	12
Extended reality in musculoskeletal rehabilitation and injury prevention - A systematic review	12
The effectiveness of preoperative exercise programmes on quadriceps strength prior to and following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction: A systematic review	12
Living well (or not) with patellofemoral pain: A qualitative study	12
Implementation of In vivo exposure therapy to decrease injury-related fear in females with a history of ACL-Reconstruction: A pilot study	12
History of chronic disease is a novel intrinsic risk factor associated with gradual onset injuries in recreational road cyclists: A cross-sectional study in 21,824 cyclists - SAFER XIV	12
Does ankle tape improve proprioception acuity immediately after application and following a netball session? A randomised controlled trial	12
Low back pain among Italian runners: A cross-sectional survey	12
Why are female soccer players experiencing a concussion more often than their male counterparts? A scoping review	12
Rehabilitation strategies of Flemish physical therapists before and after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An online survey	12
Characterizing body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, and physical activity in women with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	11
Conservative treatment of iliotibial band syndrome in runners: Are we targeting the right goals?	11
Injury-related psychological distress and the association with perceived running ability in injured runners	11
Clinical utility of measuring the size of the lumbar multifidus and quadratus lumborum muscles in the Australian football league setting: A prospective cohort study	11
Current perspectives of New Zealand physiotherapists on rehabilitation and return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A survey	11
The relationship between training load and pain, injury and illness in competitive swimming: A systematic review	11
Participant characteristics are poorly reported in exercise trials in tendinopathy: A systematic review	11
Association of lower extremity injuries and injury mechanism with previous concussion history in adolescent athletes	11
Relationships between physical capacities and biomechanical variables during movement tasks in athletic populations following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	11
Patient function in serial assessments throughout the post-ACL reconstruction progression	11
Patient expectations and perceived social support related to return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in adolescent athletes	11
Association between pre-participation characteristics and risk of injury amongst pre-professional dancers	10
Anteromedial versus posterolateral hip musculature strengthening with dose-controlled in women with patellofemoral pain: A randomized controlled trial	10
Nearly 40% of adolescent athletes report anterior knee pain regardless of maturation status, age, sex or sport played	10
Rehabilitation characteristics and patient barriers to and facilitators of ACL reconstruction rehabilitation: A cross-sectional survey	10
International survey of training load monitoring practices in competitive swimming: How, what and why not?	10
The effect of running on knee joint cartilage: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Low correlation between functional performance and patient reported outcome measures in individuals with non-surgically treated ACL injury	10
The incidence of injury in male field hockey players: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Is there association between cutting and jump-landing movement quality in semi-professional football players? Implications for ACL injury risk screening	10
Current perspectives and clinical practice of physiotherapists on assessment, rehabilitation, and return to sport criteria after anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction. An online survey	10
Normal values for hip muscle strength and range of motion in elite, sub-elite and amateur male field hockey players	10
The concurrent validity and intrarater reliability of a hand-held dynamometer for the assessment of neck strength in semi-professional rugby union players	10
The relationship between kinesiophobia and biomechanics in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed females	10
No relationship between the nordic hamstring and two different isometric strength tests to assess hamstring muscle strength in professional soccer players	10
Low knee-related quality of life and persistent physical asymmetries in participants up to 10 years post-ACL reconstruction – A cross-sectional study	9
“I lied a little bit.” A qualitative study exploring the perspectives of elite Australian athletes on self-reported data	9

Development of supine and standing knee joint position sense tests	9
Knee biomechanics while navigating steps in participants with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, between 2 and 10 years following surgery	9
Feasibility, correlates, and validity of the one-leg sit-to-stand test in individuals following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	9
The use of wearable technology as an assessment tool to identify between-limb differences during functional tasks following ACL reconstruction. A scoping review	9
Limb occlusion pressure for blood flow restricted exercise: Variability and relations with participant characteristics	9
Trunk muscle endurance in individuals with and without patellofemoral pain: Sex differences and correlations with performance tests	9
The effects of gluteus medius and tibialis anterior kinesio taping on postural control, knee kinematics, and knee proprioception in female athletes with dynamic knee valgus	9
Injury epidemiology in pre-professional ballet dancers: A 5-year prospective cohort study	9
Patellofemoral joint loading during the forward and backward lunge	9
Sports injury prevention programmes from the sports physical therapist's perspective: An international expert Delphi approach	9
Intra- and interrater reliability of subjective assessment of the drop vertical jump and tuck jump in youth athletes	9
Insufficient knowledge and inapproriate physiotherapy management of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) in lightweight rowers	9
Intrinsic foot muscle size and quality in a single leg weight bearing position across foot posture types in individuals with Patellofemoral Pain compared to healthy	9
The prevalence of chronic ankle instability and its relationship to foot arch characteristics in female collegiate athletes	9
Injury risk is greater in physically mature versus biologically younger male soccer players from academies in different countries	9
Patterns of video-based motion analysis use among sports physical therapists	9
The British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification grading system as a predictor of return to play following hamstrings injury in professional football players	9
Football players with long standing hip and groin pain display deficits in functional task performance	9
Post-match recovery of eccentric knee flexor strength in male professional football players	9
The association of concussion history and symptom presentation in combat sport athletes	8
Drill design using the ’control-chaos continuum’: Blending science and art during return to sport following knee injury in elite football	8
Composite psychosocial risk based on the fear avoidance model in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Cluster-based analysis	8
Kinesiophobia, self-reported ankle function, and sex are associated with perceived ankle instability in college club sports athletes with chronic ankle instability	8
How accurate are visual assessments by physical therapists of lumbo-pelvic movements during the squat and deadlift?	8
The shoulder endurance test (SET): A reliability and validity and comparison study on healthy overhead athletes and sedentary adults	8
Impact of prior anterior cruciate ligament, hamstring or groin injury on lower limb strength and jump kinetics in elite female footballers	8
Evaluation of patellar tendinopathy using the single leg decline squat test: Is pain location important?	8
Early knee status affects self-reported knee function 1 year after non-surgically treated anterior cruciate ligament injury	8
Normative data for hip strength, flexibility and stiffness in male soccer athletes and effect of age and limb dominance	8
Joint hypermobility and musculoskeletal injuries in a university-aged population	8
Knee strength outcomes in adolescents by age and sex during late-stage rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	8
Interventions for prevention and in-season management of patellar tendinopathy in athletes: A scoping review	8
Rehabilitation outcomes and parameters of blood flow restriction training in ACL injury: A scoping review	8
Preventive effect of tailored exercises on patellar tendinopathy in elite youth athletes: A cohort study	8
Knee flexor strength, rate of torque development and flexibility in women and men with patellofemoral pain: Relationship with pain and the performance in the single leg bridge test	8
Proximal hamstring tendinopathy; expert physiotherapists’ perspectives on diagnosis, management and prevention	8
Does a history of youth sport-related knee injury still impact accelerometer-measured levels of physical activity after 3–12 years?	8
Effectiveness of shoulder injury prevention programs in an overhead athletic population: A systematic review	8
Individuals with chronic ankle instability exhibit altered ankle kinematics and neuromuscular control compared to copers during inversion single-leg landing	8
Objectively quantified lower limb strength recovery in people treated surgically or non-surgically after patellar dislocation: A systematic review	8
The epidemiology of injuries in English professional squash; A retrospective analysis between 2004 and 2015	8
The relationship between injury-related fear and physical activity in people with a history of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	7
The effect of swimming volume and intensity on changes in supraspinatus tendon thickness	7
Effectiveness of conservative therapy in tendinopathy-related shoulder pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	7
A new method for assessing landing kinematics in non-laboratory settings	7
Lower-limb injury in elite Australian football: A narrative review of kinanthropometric and physical risk factors	7
Sleep in Paralympic athletes and its relationship with injuries and illnesses	7
How injury prevention programs are being structured and implemented worldwide: An international survey of sports physical therapists	7
Commonly used clinical criteria following ACL reconstruction including time from surgery and isokinetic limb symmetry thresholds are not associated with between-limb loading deficits during running	7
State dependence: Does a prior injury predict a future injury?	7
Differences in lower-extremity kinematics between the male military personnel with and without plantar fasciitis	7
Validity, reliability, minimal detectable change, and methodological considerations for HHD and portable fixed frame isometric hip and groin strength testing: A comparison of unilateral and bilateral	7
Physical impairments in longstanding hip and groin pain: Cross-sectional comparison of patients with hip-related pain or non-hip-related groin pain and healthy controls	7
Correlation between upper limb function and clinical measures of shoulder and trunk mobility and strength in overhead athletes with shoulder pain	7
Type of measurement used influences central and peripheral contributions to quadriceps weakness after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction	7
Concurrent validity of the Vestibular/Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) tool with the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) among adolescents with vestibular symptoms/impairment following concussion	7
The implementation of a neck strengthening exercise program in elite rugby union: A team case study over one season	7
Reproducibility and discriminant validity of the Posterior Shoulder Endurance Test in healthy and painful populations	7
Relationship between lumbopelvic-hip complex stability, muscle activity, and 2-dimensional kinematics of the trunk and lower extremity	7
Situations and mechanisms of non-contact knee injury in adult netball: A systematic review	7
Hip adduction strength and provoked groin pain: A comparison of long-lever squeeze testing using the ForceFrame and the Copenhagen 5-Second-Squeeze test	7
Effectiveness of a supervised rehabilitation compared with a home-based rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Injury risk profile of amateur Irish women soccer players and players’ opinions on risk factors and prevention strategies	6
Hip muscle activity in male football players with hip-related pain; a comparison with asymptomatic controls during walking	6
A qualitative investigation into the individual injury burden of amateur rugby players	6
Landing biomechanics are not immediately altered by a single-dose patellar tendon isometric exercise protocol in male athletes with patellar tendinopathy: A single-blinded randomized cross-over trial	6
Movement quality in adolescence depends on the level and type of physical activity	6
The association between running volume and knee osteoarthritis prevalence: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
The uptake of the Nordic hamstring exercise programme as an injury prevention strategy in professional cricket in the United Kingdom and barriers to implementation	6
Reliability and validity of common hip adduction strength measures: The ForceFrame strength testing system versus the sphygmomanometer	6
Effects of kinesiophobia and pain on performance and willingness to perform jumping tests in Achilles tendinopathy: A cross-sectional study	6
Knee performance and self-efficacy trajectory curves after ACL reconstruction: A longitudinal study	6
Mid-term outcomes of exercise therapy for the non-surgical management of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: are short-term effects persisting?	6
The Modified-Athletic Shoulder Test: Reliability and validity of a new on-field assessment tool	6
Differences in postural control between healthy and subjects with chronic ankle instability	6
Characteristics of return to running programs following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A scoping review of 64 studies with clinical perspectives	6
A longitudinal investigation of landing biomechanics following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	6
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Victorian institute of sports assessment - Hamstrings (VISA-H) questionnaire for Spanish speaking athletes with proximal hamstring tendinopathy	6
Lower limb kinematics during single leg landing in three directions in individuals with chronic ankle instability	6
The 45-second anterior knee pain provocation test: A quick test of knee pain and sporting function in 10–14-year-old adolescents with patellofemoral pain	6

Training and technique choices predict self-reported running injuries: An international study	6
Alterations of lower extremity function, health-related quality of life, and spatiotemporal gait parameters among individuals with chronic ankle instability	6
Psychological readiness at 9 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction –which factors affect?	6
Running-related injury: How long does it take? Feasibility, preliminary evaluation, and German translation of the University of Wisconsin running and recovery index	6
Reliability and validity of 2-dimensional video analysis for a running task: A systematic review	6
The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the ankle pronators on neural excitability & functional status in patients with chronic ankle instability	6
Test-retest, intra- and inter-rater reliability of the reactive balance test in healthy recreational athletes	6
Rehabilitation duration and time of starting sport-related activities associated with return to the previous level of sports after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	6
Running coaches and running group leaders’ engagement with, and beliefs and perceived barriers to prehabilitation and injury prevention strategies for runners	6
The deficits of isometric knee flexor strength in lengthened hamstring position after hamstring strain injury	6
Applicability of cutoff scores of Chinese Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool and Foot and Ankle Ability Measure as inclusion criteria for study of chronic ankle instability in Chinese individuals	6
“Does isometric exercise improve leg stiffness and hop pain in subjects with Achilles tendinopathy? A feasibility study”	6