Journal of Physiotherapy

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Physiotherapy is 2. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Some types of exercise are more effective than others in people with chronic low back pain: a network meta-analysis141
Physiotherapists and patients report positive experiences overall with telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study96
Patient education improves pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis with better effects when combined with exercise therapy: a systematic review67
Telerehabilitation improves physical function and reduces dyspnoea in people with COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 conditions: a systematic review66
An international core capability framework for physiotherapists to deliver quality care via videoconferencing: a Delphi study40
Advanced telehealth technology improves home-based exercise therapy for people with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review39
Lung ultrasound has greater accuracy than conventional respiratory assessment tools for the diagnosis of pleural effusion, lung consolidation and collapse: a systematic review39
Physiotherapy management for COVID-19 in the acute hospital setting and beyond: an update to clinical practice recommendations38
Clinimetrics: Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE)34
Physiotherapy management of neck pain24
Some conservative interventions are more effective than others for people with chronic non-specific neck pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis23
Manual lymphatic drainage with or without fluoroscopy guidance did not substantially improve the effect of decongestive lymphatic therapy in people with breast cancer-related lymphoedema (EFforT-BCRL 22
Advice and education provide small short-term improvements in pain and disability in people with non-specific spinal pain: a systematic review21
Group-based pelvic floor muscle training for all women during pregnancy is more cost-effective than postnatal training for women with urinary incontinence: cost-effectiveness analysis of a systematic 20
Supervised, individualised exercise reduces fatigue and improves strength and quality of life more than unsupervised home exercise in people with chronic Guillain-Barré syndrome: a randomised trial20
Multifaceted interventions are required to improve physical activity behaviour in hospital care: a meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative research20
Multidisciplinary, exercise-based oncology rehabilitation programs improve patient outcomes but their effects on healthcare service-level outcomes remain uncertain: a systematic review20
Injury prevention programs that include balance training exercises reduce ankle injury rates among soccer players: a systematic review20
Physiotherapy management of Parkinson's disease19
Treadmill walking improves walking speed and distance in ambulatory people after stroke and is not inferior to overground walking: a systematic review17
Clinimetrics: Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)17
If we can’t see race and ethnicity in research, how will we see racial inequality?16
Statistical inference through estimation: recommendations from the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors16
Research Note: Thematic analysis in qualitative research15
Dry cupping therapy is not superior to sham cupping to improve clinical outcomes in people with non-specific chronic low back pain: a randomised trial14
No prognostic model for people with recent-onset low back pain has yet been demonstrated to be suitable for use in clinical practice: a systematic review14
Degree and pattern of dual-task interference during walking vary with component tasks in people after stroke: a systematic review14
Clinimetrics: The Central Sensitisation Inventory: a useful screening tool for clinicians, but not the gold standard14
Mobile app use to support therapeutic exercise for musculoskeletal pain conditions may help improve pain intensity and self-reported physical function: a systematic review14
People with Parkinson's disease are more willing to do additional exercise if the exercise program has specific attributes: a discrete choice experiment14
Physiotherapy management of Achilles tendinopathy13
Group-based exercise, individually supervised exercise and home-based exercise have similar clinical effects and cost-effectiveness in people with subacromial pain: a randomised trial13
Who should judge treatment effects as unimportant?13
Innovative physiotherapy clinical education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a clinical research placement model13
Stratified exercise therapy does not improve outcomes compared with usual exercise therapy in people with knee osteoarthritis (OCTOPuS study): a cluster randomised trial12
Twelve weeks of water-based circuit training exercise improves fitness, body fat and leg strength in people with stable coronary heart disease: a randomised trial11
Injury prevention programs that include plyometric exercises reduce the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury: a systematic review of cluster randomised trials11
Women report sustained benefits from attending group-based education about pelvic floor muscles: a longitudinal qualitative study11
Advanced practice physiotherapists can diagnose and triage patients with musculoskeletal disorders while providing effective care: a systematic review10
Nature prescriptions for community and planetary health: unrealised potential to improve compliance and outcomes in physiotherapy10
Physiotherapy management of Down syndrome9
The 6-minute stepper test and the sit-to-stand test predict complications after major pulmonary resection via minimally invasive surgery: a prospective inception cohort study9
A comprehensive exercise program improves foot alignment in people with flexible flat foot: a randomised trial9
Face-to-face and telerehabilitation delivery of circuit training have similar benefits and acceptability in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised trial9
An international core capability framework for physiotherapists delivering telephone-based care9
Prehabilitation sessions can be provided more frequently in a shortened regimen with similar or better efficacy in people with non-small cell lung cancer: a randomised trial9
Clinimetrics: The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire8
Normal gait speed varies by age and sex but not by geographical region: a systematic review8
Clinimetrics: Neck Disability Index8
Curl-up exercises improve abdominal muscle strength without worsening inter-recti distance in women with diastasis recti abdominis postpartum: a randomised controlled trial8
Intravaginal electrical stimulation increases voluntarily pelvic floor muscle contractions in women who are unable to voluntarily contract their pelvic floor muscles: a randomised trial8
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 review7
Are we giving stratified care a fair trial?7
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of hand osteoarthritis7
The Transmural Trauma Care Model can be implemented well but some barriers and facilitators should be considered during implementation: a mixed methods study6
Pain catastrophising and kinesiophobia mediate pain and physical function improvements with Pilates exercise in chronic low back pain: a mediation analysis of a randomised controlled trial6
Diagnostic labels and advice for rotator cuff disease influence perceived need for shoulder surgery: an online randomised experiment6
Physiotherapists can reduce overuse by Choosing Wisely6
Self-administered stretching exercises are as effective as motor control exercises for people with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomised trial6
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Clinical Practice Guideline for Osteoarthritis in over 16s: diagnosis and management6
Transcranial direct current stimulation provides no clinically important benefits over walking training for improving walking in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review6
Knee osteoarthritis5
Respiratory physiotherapy interventions focused on exercise training and enhancing physical activity levels in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are likely to be cost-effective: a syst5
Virtual hospitals: why we need them, how they work and what might come next5
Students achieve comparable performance scores for clinical placements in public and private sectors: a longitudinal observational study5
Physiotherapy management of bronchiectasis in adults5
The assessment of clinical competence of physiotherapists during and after the COVID-19 pandemic5
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for children and youth: An integration of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep5
Feeling reassured after a consultation does not reduce disability or healthcare use in people with acute low back pain: a mediation analysis of a randomised trial5
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 5
Home-based exercises are as effective as equivalent doses of centre-based exercises for improving walking speed and balance after stroke: a systematic review4
Measurement of breast cancer-related lymphoedema4
Physiotherapists vary in their knowledge of and approach to working with patients who are LGBTQIA+: a qualitative study4
Correspondence: Reward, but do not yet require, interval hypothesis tests4
The smallest worthwhile effect on pain intensity of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and exercise therapy for acute and chronic low back pain: a benefit-harm trade-off study4
Group-based pelvic floor muscle training is a more cost-effective approach to treat urinary incontinence in older women: economic analysis of a randomised trial4
Prevention of spinal pain4
Some magnetic resonance imaging findings may predict future low back pain and disability: a systematic review4
Pelvic floor muscle function differs between supine and standing positions in women with stress urinary incontinence: an experimental crossover study4
The role of the physiotherapist in treating survivors of sexual assault3
Ballistic resistance training has a similar or better effect on mobility than non-ballistic exercise rehabilitation in people with a traumatic brain injury: a randomised trial3
Clinical education of physiotherapy students3
Research Note: Estimating the complier average causal effect when participants in randomised trials depart from allocated treatment3
Clinical placements in private practice for physiotherapy students are perceived as safe and beneficial for students, private practices and universities: a national mixed-methods study3
Clinimetrics: Assessment of generalised joint hypermobility: the Beighton score3
Reasons to become a volunteer rater for the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)3
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management3
Clinimetrics: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Clinical Practice3
Physiotherapy management of interstitial lung disease3
Clinimetrics: Photograph Series of Daily Activities – Short Electronic Version (PHODA-SeV)3
Physiotherapists should apply health coaching techniques and incorporate accountability to foster adherence to a walking program for low back pain: a qualitative study3
Chronic disease3
Clinimetrics: eHealth Literacy Scale3
Delivering constraint-induced movement therapy in stroke rehabilitation requires informed stakeholders, sufficient resources and organisational buy-in: a mixed-methods systematic review3
In adults with advanced lung disease, the 1-minute sit-to-stand test underestimates exertional desaturation compared with the 6-minute walk test: an observational study3
Clinimetrics: The Patient-Specific Functional Scale2
Preoperative respiratory muscle training reduces the risk of pulmonary complications and the length of hospital stay after cardiac surgery: a systematic review2
Physiotherapy management of incontinence in men2
Massage, laser and shockwave therapy improve pain and scar pruritus after burns: a systematic review2
Research Note: Designing implementation trials in physiotherapy2
Clinimetrics: The Breathing Pattern Assessment Tool2
Critically appraised paper: Physiotherapy improved pain and functional disability more than glucocorticoid injection in people with knee osteoarthritis [commentary]2
Research Note: Interpreting findings of a systematic review using GRADE methods2
Correspondence: Recovery period should not be overlooked when considering the 1-minute sit-to-stand test to assess exertional desaturation in people with chronic respiratory disease2
Physiotherapy management of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury2
Research Note: Treatment effect moderators2
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