Christian Schuld

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 843 citations indexed

About

Christian Schuld is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Rehabilitation and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Schuld has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 843 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 20 papers in Rehabilitation and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Christian Schuld's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (32 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (20 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (9 papers). Christian Schuld is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (32 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (20 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (9 papers). Christian Schuld collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Christian Schuld's co-authors include Rüdiger Rupp, Norbert Weidner, Hubertus J. A. van Hedel, Steven Kirshblum, Martina R. Spiess, Steffen Franz, Roland Müller, Kristen Walden, Stephen P. Burns and Fin Biering‐Sørensen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cell Reports.

In The Last Decade

Christian Schuld

42 papers receiving 830 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

2021 228 citations Rüdiger Rupp, Fin Biering‐Sørensen et al. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Schuld Germany	13	588	340	219	136	97	43	843
Michael Haak United States	7	858 1.5×	509 1.5×	234 1.1×	253 1.9×	166 1.7×	12	1.2k
Barbara Morganti Italy	11	452 0.8×	180 0.5×	222 1.0×	185 1.4×	90 0.9×	12	592
Mary Schmidt Read United States	8	474 0.8×	179 0.5×	226 1.0×	209 1.5×	62 0.6×	16	687
Henk van de Meent Netherlands	18	666 1.1×	565 1.7×	162 0.7×	118 0.9×	164 1.7×	39	1.2k
G A Delaney Canada	13	802 1.4×	327 1.0×	136 0.6×	134 1.0×	131 1.4×	19	1.2k
Hendrik van de Meent Netherlands	16	452 0.8×	492 1.4×	147 0.7×	110 0.8×	100 1.0×	26	1.1k
Virginia Graziani United States	12	707 1.2×	318 0.9×	289 1.3×	374 2.8×	139 1.4×	16	988
M H Fraser United Kingdom	9	351 0.6×	124 0.4×	99 0.5×	107 0.8×	109 1.1×	15	707
Gregory Nemunaitis United States	14	380 0.6×	206 0.6×	83 0.4×	75 0.6×	67 0.7×	44	683
G J Snoek Netherlands	15	666 1.1×	352 1.0×	467 2.1×	430 3.2×	85 0.9×	24	1.3k

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Snider, Brittany, Steven Kirshblum, R. Rupp, et al.. (2025). International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Classification Questions and Cases. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 31(3). 77–88. 1 indexed citations

Burns, Stephen P., Kristen Walden, Steven Kirshblum, et al.. (2025). Development and Validation of an Algorithm for Item Reduction of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury Examination to Determine Level and Severity of SCI. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 31(3). 61–67.

Brancato, Giovanna, Christian Schuld, Doris Maier, et al.. (2025). American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Grade E Conversion After Spinal Cord Injury: Incidence, Conversion Characteristics, and Impact of Age on Functional Independence. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 31(3). 48–60. 1 indexed citations

Snider, Brittany, Steven Kirshblum, R. Rupp, et al.. (2024). International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Case Examples Reinforcing Concepts From the 2019 Revision. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 31(3). 1–14. 1 indexed citations

Franz, Steffen, Christian Schuld, Marcel Wolf, et al.. (2022). Lower Motoneuron Dysfunction Impacts Spontaneous Motor Recovery in Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(9-10). 862–875. 9 indexed citations

Walden, Kristen, Christian Schuld, Vanessa K. Noonan, & Rüdiger Rupp. (2022). Computer International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) algorithms: a review. Spinal Cord. 61(2). 125–132. 3 indexed citations

Prang, Peter, et al.. (2021). Influence of patient isolation due to colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms on functional recovery after spinal cord injury. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0249295–e0249295. 5 indexed citations

Schuld, Christian, et al.. (2021). Revisiting the Examination of Sharp/Dull Discrimination as Clinical Measure of Spinothalamic Tract Integrity. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 677888–677888. 3 indexed citations

Rupp, Rüdiger, Christian Schuld, Fin Biering‐Sørensen, et al.. (2021). A taxonomy for consistent handling of conditions not related to the spinal cord injury (SCI) in the International Standards for Neurological Classification of SCI (ISNCSCI). Spinal Cord. 60(1). 18–29. 10 indexed citations

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Schuld, Christian, Steffen Franz, Jiří Kříž, et al.. (2021). Implementation of multilingual support of the European Multicenter Study about Spinal Cord Injury (EMSCI) ISNCSCI calculator. Spinal Cord. 60(1). 37–44. 3 indexed citations

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Schuld, Christian, et al.. (2018). Trainer in a pocket - proof-of-concept of mobile, real-time, foot kinematics feedback for gait pattern normalization in individuals after stroke, incomplete spinal cord injury and elderly patients. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 15(1). 44–44. 24 indexed citations

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Cragg, Jacquelyn J., Catherine R. Jutzeler, Frank Röhrich, et al.. (2017). Early Administration of Gabapentinoids Improves Motor Recovery after Human Spinal Cord Injury. Cell Reports. 18(7). 1614–1618. 45 indexed citations

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Schneiders, Matthias, et al.. (2017). Sensory Feedback Interferes with Mu Rhythm Based Detection of Motor Commands from Electroencephalographic Signals. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 11. 523–523. 12 indexed citations

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Franz, Steffen, Christian Schuld, Einar Wilder‐Smith, et al.. (2017). Spinal Cord Injury Pain Instrument and painDETECT questionnaire: Convergent construct validity in individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. European Journal of Pain. 21(10). 1642–1656. 13 indexed citations

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Rupp, Rüdiger, et al.. (2015). Safety and Efficacy of At-Home Robotic Locomotion Therapy in Individuals with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Prospective, Pre-Post Intervention, Proof-of-Concept Study. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119167–e0119167. 7 indexed citations

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Schuld, Christian, et al.. (2014). Feasibility of visual instrumented movement feedback therapy in individuals with motor incomplete spinal cord injury walking on a treadmill. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 416–416. 10 indexed citations

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Schuld, Christian, Steffen Franz, Hubertus J. A. van Hedel, et al.. (2014). International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury: classification skills of clinicians versus computational algorithms. Spinal Cord. 53(4). 324–331. 27 indexed citations

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Schuld, Christian, Andreas Hug, Cornelia Putz, et al.. (2011). Computer Implementation of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury for Consistent and Efficient Derivation of Its Subscores Including Handling of Data from Not Testable Segments. Journal of Neurotrauma. 29(3). 453–461. 40 indexed citations

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Putz, Cornelia, Christian Schuld, Simone Gantz, et al.. (2011). The effect of polytrauma as a possible confounder in the outcome of monotraumatic vs polytraumatic paraplegic patients: a clinical cohort study. Spinal Cord. 49(6). 721–727. 10 indexed citations

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Spiess, Martina R., Roland Müller, Rüdiger Rupp, Christian Schuld, & Hubertus J. A. van Hedel. (2009). Conversion in ASIA Impairment Scale during the First Year after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 26(11). 2027–2036. 110 indexed citations

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