Journal of Physiotherapy

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Physiotherapy 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Reasons to become a volunteer rater for the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)65
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: European Stroke Organisation (ESO) guideline on motor rehabilitation64
Critically appraised paper: Hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities (HABIT-ILE) improves bi-manual performance and gross motor function in pre-school children with unilateral c58
Research Note: Re-examining the issue of false positives (statistical type 1 errors) in the era of big data and high-frequency health measurement technologies51
Critically appraised paper: In adults receiving intensive care, increased early active mobilisation did not improve clinical outcomes but increased adverse events48
Contents44
Cover image and highlights44
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Physical therapist management of Parkinson disease44
Face-to-face and telerehabilitation delivery of circuit training have similar benefits and acceptability in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised trial42
Correspondence: reconsidering pelvic floor muscle training in elite gymnasts (by Gram et al)36
Cover image and highlights36
Title page34
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in th33
Group-based pelvic floor muscle training is a more cost-effective approach to treat urinary incontinence in older women: economic analysis of a randomised trial27
Physiotherapists vary in their knowledge of and approach to working with patients who are LGBTQIA+: a qualitative study26
Critically appraised paper: Cognitive behavioural therapy with best-evidence pain management was not superior to best-evidence pain management alone for patients with chronic spinal pain and insomnia 25
Motor imagery priming improves activity and impairment outcomes in people after stroke but the effects of other types of priming are unclear: a systematic review25
Contents22
Title page20
Critically appraised paper: In adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, long-term pulmonary rehabilitation did not improve 6-minute walk distance, but improved endurance time compared with usual car20
Contents20
Clinimetrics: The Central Sensitisation Inventory: a useful screening tool for clinicians, but not the gold standard20
Journal publication information19
Paper of the Year 2025: An intervention tailored to promote adherence and behaviour change in older adults18
Call for applications for membership of the Editorial Board18
Physiotherapy management of pleural effusion18
Critically appraised paper: In-bed cycle ergometry in mechanically ventilated patients is safe but does not improve physical function after intensive care discharge [synopsis]18
Critically appraised paper: Corticosteroid injections combined with exercise therapy are superior to placebo injections and exercise therapy for Achilles tendinopathy symptoms18
Physiotherapy management of multiple sclerosis17
Critically appraised paper: Timing and coordination training does not enhance standard treatment benefit on mobility in community-dwelling older adults [commentary]16
Critically appraised paper: High-intensity interval training is an effective method for enhancing walking capacity in patients with chronic stroke16
Critically appraised paper: Fall prevention program delivered electronically to community-dwelling older people can reduce fall rate over 24 months [commentary]15
Critically appraised paper: For women at high risk of breast cancer-related lymphoedema, prophylactic compression sleeve usage reduces and delays occurrence of arm swelling [commentary]15
Preoperative physiotherapy prevents postoperative pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery: a meta-analysis of individual patient data14
Critically appraised paper: High-intensity resistance training is not superior to low-intensity resistance training in patients with knee osteoarthritis [commentary]14
Critically appraised paper: High-intensity interval training results in greater walking capacity at 8 and 12 weeks than moderate-intensity locomotor training in chronic stroke14
Journal publication information14
Education plus exercise for persistent gluteal tendinopathy improves quality of life and is cost-effective compared with corticosteroid injection and wait and see: economic evaluation of a randomised 13
Clinimetrics: The International Prostate Symptom Score12
Critically appraised paper: In adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, long-term telerehabilitation and unsupervised home-based treadmill training reduced hospitalisations and emergency dep12
Correspondence: In memory of Professor Julia Hush12
Correspondence: Response to Vaughan-Graham et al12
Correspondence: Re Dr Vrieze et al12
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management12
Journal publication information12
Injury prevention programs that include balance training exercises reduce ankle injury rates among soccer players: a systematic review12
Response to Nam et al12
Critically appraised papers: Manual therapy may improve passive cervical range of motion, symmetric head posture and reduce sternocleidomastoid tumour thickness in infants and young children with cong12
Physiotherapy management of blood cancers11
Low-intensity shockwave therapy and pelvic floor muscle training each mitigate erectile dysfunction in men with diabetes: a randomised controlled trial11
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) clinical practice guideline for myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrom11
Bobath therapy is inferior to task-specific training and not superior to other interventions in improving arm activity and arm strength outcomes after stroke: a systematic review10
Clinimetrics: Keele STarT MSK tool10
Critically appraised paper: Exercise with integrated adherence support for patients with vertebral fragility fractures is more effective than exercise alone [synopsis]10
Towards responsible use of artificial intelligence in daily practice: what do physiotherapists need to know, consider and do?9
Clinimetrics: The Patient-Specific Functional Scale9
Advanced practice physiotherapists can diagnose and triage patients with musculoskeletal disorders while providing effective care: a systematic review9
Critically appraised paper: Dynamic neuromuscular stabilisation leads to superior and sustained improvements in balance compared with core stabilisation in patients with multiple sclerosis [commentary9
Normal gait speed varies by age and sex but not by geographical region: a systematic review9
Exploring the mediators of the BOOST intervention on walking disability at 12 months: a causal mediation analysis8
Journal publication information8
Critically appraised paper: Beneficial pain reduction from a personalised multifaceted care pathway compared with usual care in patients with chronic knee pain after total knee replacement [commentary8
Critically appraised paper: In youth with mild traumatic brain injury, early prescribed step-count focused activity, despite symptoms, and a resilience health app, provides no added benefit over stand8
Critically appraised paper: High-intensity interval training after stroke improves some aspects of physical function, but benefits are not sustained [commentary]8
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Achilles, pain, stiffness and muscle power deficits: mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy revision – 20248
Contents8
Critically appraised paper: Online graded motor imagery is effective in women diagnosed with pelvic pain [commentary]8
Journal publication information8
Critically appraised paper: In patients with acute low back or neck pain, a judicious short course of opioids did not reduce pain compared with placebo8
Paper of the Year 20248
Critically appraised paper: Respiratory waveform analysis guides settings for effective mechanical insufflation-exsufflation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis7
Are we giving stratified care a fair trial?7
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults With Hip Fracture7
Critically appraised paper: A combined digital technology program was not superior to usual care on knee pain following total knee replacement [synopsis]7
Risk assessment of vascular complications following manual therapy and exercise for the cervical region: diagnostic accuracy of the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therap7
Critically appraised paper: Education-enhanced care was superior to conventional care on disability, but not on pain, for temporomandibular disorders [commentary]7
Correspondence: Response to Rafat et al7
Remote and technology-enabled delivery of interventions6
Recent highlights in low back pain research, Part I: Diagnosis and Prognosis6
Physiotherapy management of Achilles tendinopathy6
Clinimetrics: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Clinical Practice6
Critically appraised papers: The Sustainable Model of Early Intervention and Telerehabilitation for Children with Cerebral Palsy (SMART-CP) results in earlier diagnosis and access to treatment compare6
Critically appraised paper: Exercise with integrated adherence support for patients with vertebral fragility fractures is more effective than exercise alone [commentary]6
Critically appraised paper: Adding healthy lifestyle management to guideline-based care improves disability for low back pain6
Critically appraised paper: Education-enhanced care was superior to conventional care on disability, but not on pain, for temporomandibular disorders [synopsis]6
Cover image and highlights6
Health coaching improves physical activity, disability and pain in adults with chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review6
Correspondence: Response to Bourgeois5
Perioperative physiotherapy5
Recent highlights and uncertainties in exercise management of knee osteoarthritis4
Pregnant women may exercise both abdominal and pelvic floor muscles during pregnancy without increasing the diastasis recti abdominis: a randomised trial4
Correspondence: Response to Bonnevie et al4
Clinimetrics: The Breathing Pattern Assessment Tool4
Correspondence: reply to Zhang et al4
Physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injuries: an update4
Critically appraised paper: Eccentric resistance training may improve strength and power but not gait in patients with neurological conditions [commentary]4
Contents4
Injury prevention programs that include plyometric exercises reduce the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic review of cluster randomised trials4
Students experienced near peer-led simulation in physiotherapy education as valuable and engaging: a mixed methods study4
Critically appraised paper: Beneficial pain reduction from a personalised multifaceted care pathway compared with usual care in patients with chronic knee pain after total knee replacement4
Pelvic floor muscle training by competitive rhythmic gymnasts at regular training sessions did not reduce urinary incontinence: a cluster-randomised trial4
Stroke rehabilitation4
Using behavioural economics to improve adherence to home exercise programs3
Clinimetrics: The vertical single leg hop test3
Critically appraised paper: Eccentric resistance training may improve strength and power but not gait in patients with neurological conditions [synopsis]3
Real-time video telerehabilitation shows comparable satisfaction and similar or better attendance and adherence compared with in-person physiotherapy: a systematic review3
Critically appraised paper: In adults with multiple sclerosis, improvements in physical capacity following aerobic or resistance training did not translate to improved physical function compared with 3
Clinimetrics: The Victorian Institute of Sport Questionnaire - gluteal tendinopathy (VISA-G)3
Expressions of interest for the Journal of Physiotherapy Editorial Fellowship3
Physiotherapy management of bronchiectasis in adults3
Clinimetrics: Assessment of generalised joint hypermobility: the Beighton score3
Contents3
Expressions of interest for the Journal of Physiotherapy Editorial Fellowship3
How to facilitate mainstream media coverage of physiotherapy research3
Critically appraised paper: Cognitive functional therapy produces sustained improvements in chronic, disabling low back pain3
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