Ann Cools

11.2k citations
170 papers · 7.6k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 50

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Papers in

    • Sports injuries and prevention 61
    • Sports Performance and Training 9
    • Shoulder Injury and Treatment 142
    • Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation 48
    • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation 7

Ann Cools

162 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern 2016 · 542 citations
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Ann Cools
Comparison fields: 5 of 107
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2.6k
  • Surgery 5.6k
  • Pharmacology 2.1k
  • Epidemiology 3.1k
  • Complementary and Manual Therapy 121
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2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern
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2016542
2 2007342
3 2003306
4 2006269
5 2010235
6 2013211
7 2004207
8 2001186
9 2014185
10 2010177
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Isokinetic Scapular Muscle Performance in Overhead Athletes With and Without Impingement Symptoms.
2005139
12 2015125
13 2002116
14 2008113
15 2012113
16 2013110
17 2015110
18 2012108
19 201294
20 201193

About Ann Cools

Ann Cools is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery, Epidemiology, Pharmacology and Rehabilitation, having authored 170 papers that have together received 7.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Shoulder Injury and Treatment (142 papers), Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries (96 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (61 papers), Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (48 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (45 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (17 papers), Sports Performance and Training (9 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (2.6k citations), Surgery (5.6k citations), Pharmacology (2.1k citations), Epidemiology (3.1k citations) and Complementary and Manual Therapy (121 citations). Ann Cools has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, Denmark and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Erik Witvrouw, Dirk Cambier, Barbara Cagnie, Lieven Danneels, Annelies Maenhout, Birgit Castelein, Dorien Borms, Nele Mahieu, Fredrik Johansson and Kristof De Mey. Their work appears in journals such as British Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Athletic Training, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

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