OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review	31
The effectiveness and safety of conservative interventions for positional plagiocephaly and congenital muscular torticollis: a synthesis of systematic reviews and guidance	27
Misinformation about spinal manipulation and boosting immunity: an analysis of Twitter activity during the COVID-19 crisis	23
Reliability and validity of manual palpation for the assessment of patients with low back pain: a systematic and critical review	22
Skills, attitudes and uptake of evidence-based practice: a cross-sectional study of chiropractors in the Swedish Chiropractic Association	17
Vitalism in contemporary chiropractic: a help or a hinderance?	17
The global summit on the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for the prevention and treatment of non-musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of the literature	17
The clinical utility of routine spinal radiographs by chiropractors: a rapid review of the literature	16
Effects of spinal manipulative therapy on inflammatory mediators in patients with non-specific low back pain: a non-randomized controlled clinical trial	14
Chiropractic case reports: a review and bibliometric analysis	14
Taping for conditions of the musculoskeletal system: an evidence map review	13
Misinformation, chiropractic, and the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation versus sham manipulation for recurrent headaches in children aged 7–14 years - a randomised clinical trial	12
Immediate effects of cervicothoracic junction mobilization versus thoracic manipulation on the range of motion and pain in mechanical neck pain with cervicothoracic junction dysfunction: a pilot rando	12
A united statement of the global chiropractic research community against the pseudoscientific claim that chiropractic care boosts immunity	12
The Nordic maintenance care program: maintenance care reduces the number of days with pain in acute episodes and increases the length of pain free periods for dysfunctional patients with recurrent and	11
COVID-19: how has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world?	11
Assessing forces during spinal manipulation and mobilization: factors influencing the difference between forces at the patient-table and clinician-patient interfaces	11
Systematic review of guideline-recommended medications prescribed for treatment of low back pain	10
Effect of ischemic compression on myofascial pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Guidance concerning chiropractic practice in response to COVID-19 in the U.S.: a summary of state regulators’ web-based information	10
Immediate effects of a lumbar spine manipulation on pain sensitivity and postural control in individuals with nonspecific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial	10
Service utilisation trends in the manual therapy professions within the Australian private healthcare setting between 2008 and 2017	10
Inter-examinerreliability study of physical examination procedures to assess the cervical spine	9
What are the effects of diagnostic imaging on clinical outcomes in patients with low back pain presenting for chiropractic care: a matched observational study	9

Corticosteroid injection or dry needling for musculoskeletal pain and disability? A systematic review and GRADE evidence synthesis	9
The use of internet analytics by a Canadian provincial chiropractic regulator to monitor, evaluate and remediate misleading claims regarding specific health conditions, pregnancy, and COVID-19	9
Disability burden due to musculoskeletal conditions and low back pain in Australia: findings from GBD 2019	9
Musculoskeletal healthcare at a Swiss university hospital chiropractic medicine outpatient clinic in 2019: a health services research study	9
Knowledge of and adherence to radiographic guidelines for low back pain: a survey of chiropractors in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	9
Words matter: the prevalence of chiropractic-specific terminology on Australian chiropractors’ websites	8
Pressure pain threshold and temporal summation in adults with episodic and persistent low back pain trajectories: a secondary analysis at baseline and after lumbar manipulation or sham	8
Risk factors for low back pain in active military personnel: a systematic review	8
The effectiveness of manual and exercise therapy on headache intensity and frequency among patients with cervicogenic headache: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
“What you feel under your hands”: exploring professionals’ perspective of somatic dysfunction in osteopathic clinical practice—a qualitative study	8
Association between chiropractic care and use of prescription opioids among older medicare beneficiaries with spinal pain: a retrospective observational study	7
The primary spine practitioner as a new role in healthcare systems in North America	7
Patient-centered consultations for persons with musculoskeletal conditions	7
PROMIS® General Life Satisfaction scale: construct validity in musculoskeletal pain patients	7
Efficiency of primary spine care as compared to conventional primary care: a retrospective observational study at an Academic Medical Center	7
The effect of chiropractic care on infantile colic: results from a single-blind randomised controlled trial	7
Determining Trendelenburg test validity and reliability using 3-dimensional motion analysis and muscle dynamometry	6
The prevalence of psychosocial related terminology in chiropractic program courses, chiropractic accreditation standards, and chiropractic examining board testing content in the United States	6
BAck complaints in the elders - chiropractic (BACE-C): protocol of an international cohort study of older adults with low back pain seeking chiropractic care	6
Pain cognitions and impact of low back pain after participation in a self-management program: a qualitative study	6
Exploring supervised machine learning approaches to predicting Veterans Health Administration chiropractic service utilization	6
Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of spinal manipulation: a cross-sectional survey of Italian physiotherapists	6
Musculoskeletal pain distribution in 1,000 Danish schoolchildren aged 8–16 years	6
Spinal manipulation and modulation of pain sensitivity in persistent low back pain: a secondary cluster analysis of a randomized trial	6
Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions on sleep characteristics among adults with musculoskeletal pain and a comorbid sleep problem: a systematic review	6
The bench-top accuracy of the VerteTrack spinal stiffness assessment device	6
Dry needling for spine related disorders: a scoping review	6
Short-term effect of kinesiology taping on pain, functional disability and lumbar proprioception in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a double-blinded, randomized trial	6
Immediate impact of extremity manipulation on dual task performance: a randomized, crossover clinical trial	6
I expected to be pain free: a qualitative study exploring athletes’ expectations and experiences of care received by sports chiropractors	5
Mixed methods systematic review of the literature base exploring working alliance in the chiropractic profession	5
Chiropractic students’ cognitive dissonance to statements about professional identity, role, setting and future: international perspectives from a secondary analysis of pooled data	5
Who are the chiropractic students favouring a limitless scope of practice? Exploring the relationship with personality, magical thinking, and academic achievement	5
The professional contribution of chiropractors to Danish elite football clubs: a qualitative exploration of role and perceived value in an interprofessional service provision context	5
A descriptive study of sports chiropractors with an International Chiropractic Sport Science Practitioner qualification: a cross-sectional survey	5
A cross-sectional analysis of persistent low back pain, using correlations between lumbar stiffness, pressure pain threshold, and heat pain threshold	4
One size does not fit all: Participants’ experiences of the selfBACK app to support self-management of low back pain—a qualitative interview study	4
Self-reported attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice among Swiss chiropractors: a national survey	4
Management of patients with prior lumbar fusion: a cross-sectional survey of Veterans Affairs chiropractors’ attitudes, beliefs, and practices	4
Pain trajectories and possible predictors of a favourable course of low back pain in patients consulting musculoskeletal physicians in The Netherlands	4
Musculoskeletal practitioners’ perceptions of contextual factors that may influence chronic low back pain outcomes: a modified Delphi study	4
Letter to the editor: the global summit on the efficacy and effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy for the prevention and treatment of non-musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of the l	4
Suicide prevention, public health, and the chiropractic profession: a call to action	4
Manual therapy versus advice to stay active for nonspecific back and/or neck pain: a cost-effectiveness analysis	4
Quality of reporting in chiropractic mixed methods research: a methodological review protocol	4
Can you be a manual therapist without using your hands?	4
Management of people with low back pain: a survey of opinions and beliefs of Dutch and Belgian chiropractors	4
Pressure pain thresholds in a real-world chiropractic setting: topography, changes after treatment, and clinical relevance?	3
Database coverage and their use in systematic reviews regarding spinal manipulative therapy: an exploratory study	3
The Danish sports chiropractic landscape: an exploration of practice characteristics and salient developmental issues	3

Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review	3
Sonographic evaluation of the degree of medial meniscal extrusion during Thessaly test in healthy knees	3
Why is the prevailing model of joint manipulation (still) incorrect?	3
The rate of use of Veterans Affairs chiropractic care: a 5-year analysis	3
Kinematics of the head and associated vertebral artery length changes during high-velocity, low-amplitude cervical spine manipulation	3
Differences in force-time parameters and electromyographic characteristics of two high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulations following one another in quick succession	3
Beliefs, perceptions and practices of chiropractors and patients about mitigation strategies for benign adverse events after spinal manipulation therapy	3
“Chiropractic is manual therapy, not talk therapy”: a qualitative analysis exploring perceived barriers to remote consultations by chiropractors	3
Patient safety in chiropractic teaching programs: a mixed methods study	3
Reframing a debate in chiropractic	3
Naprapathy versus orthopaedic standard care for common musculoskeletal disorders: an 8-year follow-up of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in Sweden	3
Clinicians’ perceived value and demographic factors that predict the utilisation of patient reported outcome measures for low back pain amongst chiropractors in Australia	3
Effects of weekly pain monitoring on back pain outcomes: a non-randomised controlled study	3
Controlled manual loading of body tissues: towards the next generation of pressure algometer	3
Investigator analytic repeatability of two new intervertebral motion biomarkers for chronic, nonspecific low back pain in a cohort of healthy controls	3
Cost comparison of two approaches to chiropractic care for patients with acute and sub-acute low Back pain care episodes: a cohort study	3
Manual therapy interventions in the management of adults with prior cervical spine surgery for degenerative conditions: a scoping review	3
The effect of spinal manipulative therapy and home stretching exercises on heart rate variability in patients with persistent or recurrent neck pain: a randomized controlled trial	3
Chiropractic conservatism among chiropractic students in Denmark: prevalence and consequences	2
Inter-examiner reliability of radiographic measurements from Open-mouth lateral bending cervical radiographs	2
The short-term effect of a myofascial protocol versus light touch applied to the cervical spine towards the prevention of balance disorders in the elderly: protocol of a randomised controlled trial	2
Development and evaluation of the MAINTAIN instrument, selecting patients suitable for secondary or tertiary preventive manual care: the Nordic maintenance care program	2
Diversity of the chiropractic profession in Canada: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Chiropractic Association members	2
Neck-specific strengthening exercise compared with sham ultrasound when added to home-stretching exercise in patients with migraine: study protocol of a two-armed, parallel-groups randomized controlle	2
Patients with low back pain presenting for chiropractic care who want diagnostic imaging are more likely to receive referral for imaging: a cross-sectional study	2
A new paradigm for musculoskeletal pain care: moving beyond structural impairments. Conclusion of a chiropractic and manual therapies thematic series	2
Introducing Australia’s clinical care standard for low back pain	2
Thoracolumbar fascia mobility and chronic low back pain: Phase 2 of a pilot and feasibility study including multimodal chiropractic care	2
The nordic maintenance care program: patient experience of maintenance care—a qualitative study	2
Ischial osteochondroma as an unusual source of pregnancy-related sciatic pain: a case report	2
Intervention usage for the management of low back pain in a chiropractic teaching clinic	2
Australian chiropractors’ perception of the clinical relevance of anatomical sciences and adequacy of teaching in chiropractic curricula	2
Assessing cultural competency among Canadian chiropractors: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Chiropractic Association members	2
Multidisciplinary integrative care versus chiropractic care for low back pain: a randomized clinical trial	2
Reported 1-year prevalence of occupational musculoskeletal disorders in Ontario chiropractors	2
Predictors of low back disability in chiropractic and physical therapy settings	2
Spinal manipulation characteristics: a scoping literature review of force-time characteristics	2
GLA:D® Back Australia: a mixed methods feasibility study for implementation	2
Correction: Who are the chiropractic students favouring a limitless scope of practice? Exploring the relationship with personality, magical thinking, and academic achievement	2
Clinician approaches to spinal manipulation for persistent spinal pain after lumbar surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data	2
The efficacy of intramuscular electrical stimulation in the management of patients with myofascial pain syndrome: a systematic review	2
Multimorbidity in patients with low back pain in Danish chiropractic practice: a cohort study	2
Psychological distress and musculoskeletal pain in manual therapists during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: a cross-sectional study	2
Chiropractic pediatric patient management and interdisciplinary collaboration: a descriptive cross-sectional study of chiropractors in Quebec	2
Advanced magnetic resonance imaging of chronic whiplash patients: a clinical practice-based feasibility study	2
Approaches to cervical spine mobilization for neck pain: a pilot randomized controlled trial	2