OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is 31. 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
Neck pain: global epidemiology, trends and risk factors	223
Retear rates after rotator cuff surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	85
Prevalence and incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in secondary industries of 21st century Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis	85
Testing the proportional hazards assumption in cox regression and dealing with possible non-proportionality in total joint arthroplasty research: methodological perspectives and review	66
Association between lipid biomarkers and osteoporosis: a cross-sectional study	58
The comparison effects of intra-articular injection of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Plasma Rich in Growth Factor (PRGF), Hyaluronic Acid (HA), and ozone in knee osteoarthritis; a one year randomized cl	58
Depression in patients with knee osteoarthritis: risk factors and associations with joint symptoms	57
A systematic review of the global prevalence and incidence of shoulder pain	54
Does breaking up prolonged sitting improve cognitive functions in sedentary adults? A mapping review and hypothesis formulation on the potential physiological mechanisms	54
Effects of core stabilization exercise and strengthening exercise on proprioception, balance, muscle thickness and pain related outcomes in patients with subacute nonspecific low back pain: a randomiz	53
Use of the margin of stability to quantify stability in pathologic gait – a qualitative systematic review	52
Mortality in older adults following a fragility fracture: real-world retrospective matched-cohort study in Ontario	51
Will virtual multidisciplinary team meetings become the norm for musculoskeletal oncology care following the COVID-19 pandemic? - experience from a tertiary sarcoma centre	51
Patients’ risk factors for periprosthetic joint infection in primary total hip arthroplasty: a meta-analysis of 40 studies	50
Intra-articular platelet-rich plasma injections versus intra-articular corticosteroid injections for symptomatic management of knee osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Augmented reality in the operating room: a clinical feasibility study	49
Efficacy of platelet-rich plasma and plasma for symptomatic treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a double-blinded placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial	44
The epidemiology and etiology of adhesive capsulitis in the U.S. Medicare population	41
Conservative versus surgical management for patients with rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and META-analysis	39
Clinical application of robotic orthopedic surgery: a bibliometric study	38
Multimodal prediction of pain and functional outcomes 6 months following total knee replacement: a prospective cohort study	37
Cost of septic and aseptic revision total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review	36
Pregnancy- and lactation-associated osteoporosis with vertebral fractures: a systematic review	36
External fixator combined with three different fixation methods of fibula for treatment of extra-articular open fractures of distal tibia and fibula: a retrospective study	36
Automating classification of osteoarthritis according to Kellgren-Lawrence in the knee using deep learning in an unfiltered adult population	35

The Swedish Fracture Register – ten years of experience and 600,000 fractures collected in a National Quality Register	35
Multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing arthroscopic hip surgery to physiotherapist-led care for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome on hip cartilage metabolism: the Australian FASH	35
Comparison of the clinical efficacy of a femoral neck system versus cannulated screws in the treatment of femoral neck fracture in young adults	34
Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among perioperative nurses: a systematic review and META-analysis	32
Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion versus oblique lateral interbody fusion for lumbar degenerative disease: a meta-analysis	31
Operative management of fragility fractures of the pelvis – a systematic review	31
Current concepts in acromioclavicular joint (AC) instability – a proposed treatment algorithm for acute and chronic AC-joint surgery	31