David Volkheimer

750 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 545 citations indexed

About

David Volkheimer is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Volkheimer has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 545 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 4 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in David Volkheimer's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (11 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (9 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (4 papers). David Volkheimer is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (11 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (9 papers) and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment (4 papers). David Volkheimer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and Canada. David Volkheimer's co-authors include Hans‐Joachim Wilke, Fabio Galbusera, Sandra Reitmaier, Nikolaus Berger-Roscher, Annette Kienle, Thomas R. Oxland, Marcel F. Dvorak, John Street, Anita Ignatius and Michael Rauschmann and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of The Royal Society Interface and European Spine Journal.

In The Last Decade

David Volkheimer

13 papers receiving 535 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.

Pedicle screw loosening: a clinically relevant complication?

2015 294 citations Fabio Galbusera, David Volkheimer et al. European Spine Journal profile →

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Nikolaus Berger-Roscher Germany

Wesley Womack United States

Carl M. Blecher Australia

John M. Olsewski United States

Matthew M. Robbins United States

Akihiko Inufusa Japan

Marco Damilano Italy

Stavros Oikonomidis Germany

Philipp Schleicher Germany

Arno Bisschop Netherlands

Nikolaus Berger-Roscher Germany

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408 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by David Volkheimer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Volkheimer

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13 of 13 papers shown

Ruf, Michael, et al.. (2021). The effect of posterior compression of the facet joints for initial stability and sagittal profile in the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures: a biomechanical study. European Spine Journal. 31(1). 28–36. 2 indexed citations

Niemeyer, Frank, et al.. (2018). Uncertainty analysis of material properties and morphology parameters in numerical models regarding the motion of lumbar vertebral segments. Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering. 21(12). 673–683. 12 indexed citations

Costa, Francesco, Claudia Ottardi, David Volkheimer, et al.. (2018). Bone-Preserving Decompression Procedures Have a Minor Effect on the Flexibility of the Lumbar Spine. Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society. 61(6). 680–688. 4 indexed citations

Reitmaier, Sandra, et al.. (2017). Spinal fusion without instrumentation – Experimental animal study. Clinical Biomechanics. 46. 6–14. 4 indexed citations

Volkheimer, David, Heiko Reichel, Hans‐Joachim Wilke, & Friederike Lattig. (2017). Is pelvic fixation the only option to provide additional stability to the sacral anchorage in long lumbar instrumentation? A comparative biomechanical study of new techniques. Clinical Biomechanics. 43. 34–39. 6 indexed citations

Wilke, Hans‐Joachim, David Volkheimer, Bruce Robie, & Finn Bjarke Christensen. (2017). Two-piece ALIF cage optimizes the bone–implant interface in a 360° setting. European Spine Journal. 26(11). 2747–2753. 5 indexed citations

Volkheimer, David, Fabio Galbusera, Christian Liebsch, et al.. (2017). Is intervertebral disc degeneration related to segmental instability? An evaluation with two different grading systems based on clinical imaging. Acta Radiologica. 59(3). 327–335. 15 indexed citations

Wilke, Hans‐Joachim, et al.. (2016). A pedicle screw system and a lamina hook system provide similar primary and long-term stability: a biomechanical in vitro study with quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions. European Spine Journal. 25(9). 2919–2928. 30 indexed citations

Galbusera, Fabio, David Volkheimer, Sandra Reitmaier, et al.. (2015). Pedicle screw loosening: a clinically relevant complication?. European Spine Journal. 24(5). 1005–1016. 294 indexed citations breakdown →

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Volkheimer, David, et al.. (2015). Do in vivo kinematic studies provide insight into adjacent segment degeneration? A qualitative systematic literature review. European Spine Journal. 24(9). 1865–1881. 61 indexed citations

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Volkheimer, David, et al.. (2015). Limitations of current in vitro test protocols for investigation of instrumented adjacent segment biomechanics: critical analysis of the literature. European Spine Journal. 24(9). 1882–1892. 77 indexed citations

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Steiner, Malte, David Volkheimer, Tim Wehner, et al.. (2015). Comparison between Different Methods for Biomechanical Assessment of Ex Vivo Fracture Callus Stiffness in Small Animal Bone Healing Studies. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119603–e0119603. 23 indexed citations

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Reitmaier, Sandra, David Volkheimer, Nikolaus Berger-Roscher, Hans‐Joachim Wilke, & Anita Ignatius. (2014). Increase or decrease in stability after nucleotomy? Conflicting in vitro and in vivo results in the sheep model. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 11(100). 20140650–20140650. 12 indexed citations

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