Highly Cited Works in Spinal Disorders: The Top 100 Most Cited Papers Published in Spine Journals

Conclusion. The most cited works in spinal disorder journals are guidelines for low back pain, descriptions of quality of life (QOL) metrics, or laboratory investigations into spinal biomechanics. A gap exists for work relating to neck pain or cervical spinal pathology (e.g., cervical myelopathy), representing opportunity for future work. Time of publication, topic of study, study design, and journal are possible determinants of likelihood of citation. Level of Evidence: N/A
Source: Spine - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: LITERATURE REVIEW Source Type: research