OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physical Therapy in Sport is 6. 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.)

Article	Citations
Effects of 4-week impairment-based rehabilitation on jump-landing biomechanics in chronic ankle instability patients	63
Specificity of isokinetic assessment in noncontact knee injury prevention screening: A novel assessment procedure with relationships between variables in amateur adult agility-sport athletes	39
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	30
Extended reality in musculoskeletal rehabilitation and injury prevention - A systematic review	23
The relationship between psychological, cognitive, and contextual factors and rehabilitation outcomes in Achilles tendinopathy: A prospective feasibility cohort study	22
Editorial Board	20
Adolescent and young adult hip and knee strength profiles relate to running gait biomechanics	20
Rehabilitation of a lateral ankle reconstruction in a male professional football player – A narrative case report	20
Knee performance and self-efficacy trajectory curves after ACL reconstruction: A longitudinal study	19
Does blood flow restriction anticipate muscular failure? A systematic review and meta-analysis	18
The design and evaluation of an integrated training load and injury/illness surveillance system in competitive swimming	17
Recreational runners with Achilles tendinopathy have clinically detectable impairments: A case-control study	16
Nordic strength and history of hamstring injury in Australian Football League players	16
Hamstring and ACL injuries impacts on hamstring-to-quadriceps ratio of the elite soccer players: A retrospective study	16
Predictors of dropping out from an online exercise programme during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
Reliability of the running vertical jump test in female team sport athletes	16
Persistent altered knee loading in patients with meniscectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Using wearable technology data to explain recreational running injury: A prospective longitudinal feasibility study	15
Criteria-based return to sport testing after open Latarjet reveals residual deficits and can be utilized for sports clearance with excellent outcomes at mean 3.6 year follow-up: A small case series of	15
Composite psychosocial risk based on the fear avoidance model in patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Cluster-based analysis	14
Rehabilitation strategies of Flemish physical therapists before and after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: An online survey	14
Patterns of video-based motion analysis use among sports physical therapists	14
Return to sport and beyond following intramuscular tendon hamstring injury: A case report of an English Premier League football player	13
Thermographic assessment of the immediate and short term-effects of blood flow restriction exercise on Achilles tendon skin temperature	13
Trunk muscle size and function in volleyball players with and without injuries to the head, neck and upper limb	13

Understanding musculoskeletal disorders in dancers: The role of lumbopelvic muscles and movement competency	13
Is there association between cutting and jump-landing movement quality in semi-professional football players? Implications for ACL injury risk screening	13
External loading of common training drills: Ranking drills to design progressive return-to-run programs	12
Survey of confidence and knowledge to manage patellofemoral pain in readers versus nonreaders of the physical therapy clinical practice guideline	12
Effects of kinesiophobia and pain on performance and willingness to perform jumping tests in Achilles tendinopathy: A cross-sectional study	12
Rehabilitation characteristics and patient barriers to and facilitators of ACL reconstruction rehabilitation: A cross-sectional survey	12
Influence of foot strike patterns and cadences on patellofemoral joint stress in male runners with patellofemoral pain	12
Exercise-induced hypoalgesia and pain reduction following blood flow restriction: A brief review	12
Correlation between upper limb function and clinical measures of shoulder and trunk mobility and strength in overhead athletes with shoulder pain	12
Can we replace exercises targeted on core/hip muscles by exercises targeted on leg/foot muscles in women with patellofemoral pain? A randomized controlled trial	12
The Single Leg Bridge Test does not replace handheld dynamometer hamstring tests in a clinical setting	12
Alterations of lower extremity function, health-related quality of life, and spatiotemporal gait parameters among individuals with chronic ankle instability	12
Test-retest reliability of quantitative sensory testing, active joint position sense, and functional hop testing in amateur adult athletes with unilateral anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	12
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	12
Are demographics, physical function and psychological response associated with return to sport at one year following ACL-reconstruction?	11
Accuracy of infrared thermography in detecting tendinopathy: A systematic review with meta-analysis	11
Frontal plane pelvic kinematics during high velocity running: Association with hamstring injury history	11
The effects of stroboscopic balance training on cortical activities in athletes with chronic ankle instability	11
Editorial Board	11
Training and technique choices predict self-reported running injuries: An international study	11
Adolescents’ experience with sports-related pain and injury: A systematic review of qualitative research	11
The relationship between Beighton score and biomechanical risk factors among adolescent, female volleyball players	10
The side hop test: Validity, reliability, and quality aspects in relation to sex, age and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, in soccer players	10
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	10
Physical, psychological, and environmental shifts experienced during the young athlete journey after ACL reconstruction	10
The association between hip adductor and extensor strength, and hip-related patient-reported outcomes in patients with longstanding hip and groin pain: An exploratory cross-sectional study	10
Proximal hamstring tendinopathy; expert physiotherapists’ perspectives on diagnosis, management and prevention	10
The interaction of acute physical fatigue with three traditional functional performance tests and the reactive balance test	10
Sleep in Paralympic athletes and its relationship with injuries and illnesses	10
Reliability and validity of a return to sports testing battery for the shoulder	10
Hip adduction strength and provoked groin pain: A comparison of long-lever squeeze testing using the ForceFrame and the Copenhagen 5-Second-Squeeze test	10
Many physiotherapists lack preparedness to prescribe physical activity and exercise to people with musculoskeletal pain: A multi-national survey	9
The deficits of isometric knee flexor strength in lengthened hamstring position after hamstring strain injury	9
The measurement of neck strength: A guide for sports medicine clinicians	9
Injury risk is greater in physically mature versus biologically younger male soccer players from academies in different countries	9
Quadriceps strength symmetry predicts vertical ground reaction force symmetry during running in patients who have undergone ACL reconstruction	9
Reliability and validity of common hip adduction strength measures: The ForceFrame strength testing system versus the sphygmomanometer	9
Physical prognostic factors predicting outcome following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A systematic review and narrative synthesis	9
A systematic review on conservative treatment options for OSGOOD-Schlatter disease	9
Effects of using rigid tape with bandaging techniques on wrist joint motion during boxing shots in elite male athletes	9
Development of supine and standing knee joint position sense tests	9
Electromyographic activity of posterior kinetic chain muscles during hamstring strengthening exercises	9
Editorial Board	9
The relationship between kinesiophobia and biomechanics in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed females	9
The psychological readiness to return to sports of patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively	9
Injury epidemiology in pre-professional ballet dancers: A 5-year prospective cohort study	8
Injury prevention in Brazilian women's football: Perceptions of physiotherapists and practices within elite clubs	8
Comparison of short term recovery in patients with midportion Achilles tendinopathy with varying degrees of kinesiophobia treated with the Silbernagel protocol: A prospective single cohort analysis	8
Changes in daily sedentary time, in adolescents with long-standing knee pain, during a management strategy including activity modification: An ancillary analysis of two clinical trials	8
It's time to regulate – The importance of accurate surgical-grade tourniquet autoregulation in blood flow restriction exercise applications	8

Why are female soccer players experiencing a concussion more often than their male counterparts? A scoping review	8
Lower-limb injury in elite Australian football: A narrative review of kinanthropometric and physical risk factors	8
Does lower-limb asymmetry increase injury risk in sport? A systematic review	8
Pattern of strength recovery differences Exist in Adolescent athletes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction when using quadriceps versus Hamstring tendon autograft	8
Relationships between physical capacities and biomechanical variables during movement tasks in athletic populations following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	8
Strength and clinical test combinations enhance predictions of sagittal and frontal plane biomechanics in single-leg landing	8
Drill design using the ’control-chaos continuum’: Blending science and art during return to sport following knee injury in elite football	8
The associations of physical parameters with the Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test, the Upper Quarter Y Balance Test, and the Upper Limb Rotation Test in professional overhead athlet	8
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	8
Erratum to “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” [Physical Therapy in S	8
Are visual assessments of the single-leg squat valid to be used in clinical practice? A systematic review of measurement properties based on the COSMIN guideline	8
The incidence of floorball injuries—A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
The effects of multi-directional, high intensity exercise on the vestibular/ocular motor screening (VOMS) assessment in recreational athletes	8
Maturation and biomechanical risk factors associated with anterior cruciate ligament injury: Is there a link? A systematic review	7
The effect of surface on knee landing mechanics and muscle activity during a single-leg landing task in recreationally active females	7
“I lied a little bit.” A qualitative study exploring the perspectives of elite Australian athletes on self-reported data	7
Does instrument-assisted myofascial mobilization promote additional effects on internal rotation improvement of elite handball athletes? A randomized controlled study	7
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	7
Rehabilitation and assessment practices following anterior cruciate ligament injury: A survey of Australian physiotherapists	7
Do exist differences in kinematics and EMG of the hip and knee between male runners with and without patellofemoral pain in different running speeds?	7
Comparing reach distance between the Y-Balance Test-Lower Quarter and Star Excursion Balance Test: Are practitioners using the correct protocol?	7
Limb specific training magnitude and asymmetry measurement to discriminate between athletes with and without unilateral or bilateral lower limb injury history	7
Rehabilitation strategies for lateral ankle sprain do not reflect established mechanisms of re-injury: A systematic review	7
Season changes in performance of upper limbs and trunk in para swimmers	7
Intra-rater reliability, inter-rater reliability and minimal detectable change of the posterior shoulder endurance test in elite athletes	7
Corrigendum to “The relationship between training load and pain, injury and illness in competitive swimming: A systematic review” [Physical Therapy in Sport (2021) 154–168]	7
Injury patterns in Swedish elite female and male ice hockey – A cross-sectional comparison of past-season's injuries	7
Hip muscle strength in male and female patients with femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: Comparison to healthy controls and athletes	7
The incidence of injury in male field hockey players: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
The uptake of the Nordic hamstring exercise programme as an injury prevention strategy in professional cricket in the United Kingdom and barriers to implementation	7
Reporting different score may influence interpretation of the modified Star Excursion Balance Test	6
Age, rehabilitation and surgery characteristics are re-injury risk factors for adolescents following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	6
Condition-specific health-related quality of life amongst amateur athletes six months and one-year following sport-related concussion: A prospective, follow-up	6
Performance goals of runners are associated with the occurrence of running-related injuries	6
Influence of interim functional assessments on patient outcomes at the time of return to activity following ACL-reconstruction	6
Is quadriceps strength associated with patellofemoral joint loading after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?	6
Physical impairments in subjects with Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.	6
Reliability and criterion validity of two-dimensional movement assessments in those with patellofemoral pain	6
Five-week sensorimotor training efficacy in postural control of amateur college athletes with chronic ankle instability: controlled clinical trial	6
Current perspectives of New Zealand physiotherapists on rehabilitation and return to sport following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A survey	6
Intrinsic graft laxity variation with open kinetic chain exercise after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A non-randomized controlled study	6
Validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the Identification of Functional Ankle Instability questionnaire (IdFAI-Ar) in college-aged population	6
The effects of hip- and ankle-focused exercise intervention on lower limb mechanics during single leg squat among physically active females	6
Editorial Board	6
Association of trunk and lower limb factors with shoulder complaints and sport performance in overhead athletes: A systematic review including GRADE recommendations and meta-analysis	6
Editorial Board	6
Effect of an overhead goal on landing error scoring system and jump height measures	6
Frontal plank and unilateral bridge tests: analysis of support time, reliability and muscle fatigue.	6
Within-session and between-session effects of auditory biofeedback training on center of pressure location during gait in patients with chronic ankle instability	6
Whole-body vibration reduces hamstrings neuromuscular function in uninjured individuals	6
Editorial Board	6
Lower extremity muscle volume in females with patellofemoral pain and its relationships to hip and knee torque: A cross-sectional study	6
The effectiveness of Kinesio taping on playing-related pain, function and muscle strength in violin players: A randomized controlled clinical trial	6
Acute autonomic responses to eccentric exercise at different loads associated with blood flow restriction: a randomized controlled clinical trial	6
Hip and groin pain in male field hockey players: Prevalence, incidence and associations with patient reported outcome scores and hip muscle strength	6
Injury prevention in ladies Gaelic football referees: Understanding the barriers, facilitators, and preferences of referees	6
A structured accelerated versus control rehabilitation pathway after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using autologous hamstrings demonstrates earlier improvement in physical outcomes without	6