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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review	39
Reliability and validity of manual palpation for the assessment of patients with low back pain: a systematic and critical review	32
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	21
Skills, attitudes and uptake of evidence-based practice: a cross-sectional study of chiropractors in the Swedish Chiropractic Association	18
Chiropractic case reports: a review and bibliometric analysis	16
Systematic review of guideline-recommended medications prescribed for treatment of low back pain	16
Effects of spinal manipulative therapy on inflammatory mediators in patients with non-specific low back pain: a non-randomized controlled clinical trial	15
Effect of ischemic compression on myofascial pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
COVID-19: how has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world?	14
One size does not fit all: Participants’ experiences of the selfBACK app to support self-management of low back pain—a qualitative interview study	13
Misinformation, chiropractic, and the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Effectiveness of chiropractic manipulation versus sham manipulation for recurrent headaches in children aged 7–14 years - a randomised clinical trial	13
Inter-examinerreliability study of physical examination procedures to assess the cervical spine	11
Corticosteroid injection or dry needling for musculoskeletal pain and disability? A systematic review and GRADE evidence synthesis	11
“What you feel under your hands”: exploring professionals’ perspective of somatic dysfunction in osteopathic clinical practice—a qualitative study	11
Assessing forces during spinal manipulation and mobilization: factors influencing the difference between forces at the patient-table and clinician-patient interfaces	11
The effectiveness of manual and exercise therapy on headache intensity and frequency among patients with cervicogenic headache: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Knowledge of and adherence to radiographic guidelines for low back pain: a survey of chiropractors in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada	10
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
Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions on sleep characteristics among adults with musculoskeletal pain and a comorbid sleep problem: a systematic review	9
Disability burden due to musculoskeletal conditions and low back pain in Australia: findings from GBD 2019	9
Efficiency of primary spine care as compared to conventional primary care: a retrospective observational study at an Academic Medical Center	9
Risk factors for low back pain in active military personnel: a systematic review	9
Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of spinal manipulation: a cross-sectional survey of Italian physiotherapists	9
Musculoskeletal healthcare at a Swiss university hospital chiropractic medicine outpatient clinic in 2019: a health services research study	9

Patient-centered consultations for persons with musculoskeletal conditions	8
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	8
Association between chiropractic care and use of prescription opioids among older medicare beneficiaries with spinal pain: a retrospective observational study	8
The effect of chiropractic care on infantile colic: results from a single-blind randomised controlled trial	8
Spinal manipulation and modulation of pain sensitivity in persistent low back pain: a secondary cluster analysis of a randomized trial	7
The primary spine practitioner as a new role in healthcare systems in North America	7
I expected to be pain free: a qualitative study exploring athletes’ expectations and experiences of care received by sports chiropractors	6
Immediate impact of extremity manipulation on dual task performance: a randomized, crossover clinical trial	6
A cross-sectional analysis of persistent low back pain, using correlations between lumbar stiffness, pressure pain threshold, and heat pain threshold	6
Musculoskeletal practitioners’ perceptions of contextual factors that may influence chronic low back pain outcomes: a modified Delphi study	6
A descriptive study of sports chiropractors with an International Chiropractic Sport Science Practitioner qualification: a cross-sectional survey	6
Mixed methods systematic review of the literature base exploring working alliance in the chiropractic profession	6
Pain cognitions and impact of low back pain after participation in a self-management program: a qualitative study	6
Manual therapy versus advice to stay active for nonspecific back and/or neck pain: a cost-effectiveness analysis	6
Kinematics of the head and associated vertebral artery length changes during high-velocity, low-amplitude cervical spine manipulation	5
Pain trajectories and possible predictors of a favourable course of low back pain in patients consulting musculoskeletal physicians in The Netherlands	5
Chiropractic students’ cognitive dissonance to statements about professional identity, role, setting and future: international perspectives from a secondary analysis of pooled data	5
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	5
Who are the chiropractic students favouring a limitless scope of practice? Exploring the relationship with personality, magical thinking, and academic achievement	5
Can you be a manual therapist without using your hands?	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
“Chiropractic is manual therapy, not talk therapy”: a qualitative analysis exploring perceived barriers to remote consultations by chiropractors	5
Suicide prevention, public health, and the chiropractic profession: a call to action	5
GLA:D® Back Australia: a mixed methods feasibility study for implementation	5
Pressure pain thresholds in a real-world chiropractic setting: topography, changes after treatment, and clinical relevance?	4
Assessing cultural competency among Canadian chiropractors: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Chiropractic Association members	4
Management of people with low back pain: a survey of opinions and beliefs of Dutch and Belgian chiropractors	4
Sonographic evaluation of the degree of medial meniscal extrusion during Thessaly test in healthy knees	4
Quality of reporting in chiropractic mixed methods research: a methodological review protocol	4
Self-reported attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice among Swiss chiropractors: a national survey	4
Investigator analytic repeatability of two new intervertebral motion biomarkers for chronic, nonspecific low back pain in a cohort of healthy controls	4
The effect of lumbar spinal manipulation on biomechanical factors and perceived transient pain during prolonged sitting: a laboratory-controlled cross-sectional study	4
Thoracolumbar fascia mobility and chronic low back pain: Phase 2 of a pilot and feasibility study including multimodal chiropractic care	4
Cost comparison of two approaches to chiropractic care for patients with acute and sub-acute low Back pain care episodes: a cohort 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
The Danish sports chiropractic landscape: an exploration of practice characteristics and salient developmental issues	4
Manual therapy interventions in the management of adults with prior cervical spine surgery for degenerative conditions: a scoping review	4
Spinal manipulation characteristics: a scoping literature review of force-time characteristics	4
Naprapathy versus orthopaedic standard care for common musculoskeletal disorders: an 8-year follow-up of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in Sweden	3
Why is the prevailing model of joint manipulation (still) incorrect?	3
Impact of audible pops associated with spinal manipulation on perceived pain: a systematic review	3
Comparison of walking variations during treadmill walking test between neurogenic and vascular claudication: a crossover study	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
Differences in force-time parameters and electromyographic characteristics of two high-velocity, low-amplitude spinal manipulations following one another in quick succession	3
Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review	3
Approaches to cervical spine mobilization for neck pain: a pilot randomized controlled trial	3
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	3
Intervention usage for the management of low back pain in a chiropractic teaching clinic	3
Database coverage and their use in systematic reviews regarding spinal manipulative therapy: an exploratory study	3
Psychological distress and musculoskeletal pain in manual therapists during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: a cross-sectional study	3

The global end-ranges of neck flexion and extension do not represent the maximum rotational ranges of the cervical intervertebral joints in healthy adults - an observational study	3
Reframing a debate in chiropractic	3
Ischial osteochondroma as an unusual source of pregnancy-related sciatic pain: a case report	3
Effects of weekly pain monitoring on back pain outcomes: a non-randomised controlled study	3
The rate of use of Veterans Affairs chiropractic care: a 5-year analysis	3
Diversity of the chiropractic profession in Canada: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian Chiropractic Association members	3
Multidisciplinary integrative care versus chiropractic care for low back pain: a randomized clinical trial	3
In vivo measurement of intradiscal pressure changes related to thrust and non-thrust spinal manipulation in an animal model: a pilot study	2
Physical activity promotion in chiropractic: a systematic review of clinician-based surveys	2
Exploring visual pain trajectories in neck pain patients, using clinical course, SMS-based patterns, and patient characteristics: a cohort study	2
Is blinding in studies of manual soft tissue mobilisation of the back possible? A feasibility randomised controlled trial with Swiss graduate students	2
Introducing Australia’s clinical care standard for low back pain	2
A new paradigm for musculoskeletal pain care: moving beyond structural impairments. Conclusion of a chiropractic and manual therapies thematic series	2
A process evaluation of the Mind Your Back trial examining psychologically informed physical treatments for chronic low back pain	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
Multimorbidity in patients with low back pain in Danish chiropractic practice: a cohort study	2
Adverse childhood experiences and trauma informed care for chiropractors: a call to awareness and action	2
Understanding Australian female chiropractors’ experiences of inappropriate patient sexual behaviour: a study using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis	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
Chiropractic pediatric patient management and interdisciplinary collaboration: a descriptive cross-sectional study of chiropractors in Quebec	2
The nordic maintenance care program: patient experience of maintenance care—a qualitative study	2
Advanced magnetic resonance imaging of chronic whiplash patients: a clinical practice-based feasibility study	2
Ten years of online incident reporting and learning using CPiRLS: implications for improved patient safety	2
Leadership and capacity building in chiropractic research: report from the first CARL cohort	2
Development and evaluation of the MAINTAIN instrument, selecting patients suitable for secondary or tertiary preventive manual care: the Nordic maintenance care program	2
The efficacy of intramuscular electrical stimulation in the management of patients with myofascial pain syndrome: a systematic review	2
Chiropractors in interprofessional practice settings: a narrative review exploring context, outcomes, barriers and facilitators	2
Identifying and addressing patient substance use: a survey of chiropractic clinicians	2
An exploratory study to understand how people use Twitter to share experiences or information about spinal stenosis	2
Description of recurrent headaches in 7–14-year-old children: Baseline data from a randomized clinical trial on effectiveness of chiropractic spinal manipulation in children with recurrent headaches	2
Chiropractic conservatism among chiropractic students in Denmark: prevalence and consequences	2
Reliability and validity of physical examination tests for the assessment of ankle instability	2
Patient expectations and levels of satisfaction in chiropractic treatment for lumbar radiculopathy. A mixed methods study	2
Informed consent, duty of disclosure and chiropractic: where are we?	2