Helena Brisby

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
171 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Helena Brisby is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Helena Brisby has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 88 papers in Pharmacology and 80 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Helena Brisby's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (118 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (88 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (29 papers). Helena Brisby is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (118 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (88 papers) and Medical Imaging and Analysis (29 papers). Helena Brisby collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Australia. Helena Brisby's co-authors include Anders Lindahl, Helena Barreto Henriksson, Björn Rydevik, Kjell Olmarker, Bengt Lind, Olle Hägg, Kaj Blennow, Camilla Karlsson, Sanna Neselius and Daniel L. Belavý and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Helena Brisby

160 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Which specific modes of exercise training are most effective for treating low back pain? Network meta-analysis
    2019 317 citations Patrick J. Owen, Helena Brisby et al. profile →
  2. Decompression with or without Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
    2021 139 citations Ivar Magne Austevoll, Erland Hermansen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helena Brisby Sweden 40 2.6k 2.3k 2.0k 691 464 171 5.0k
Leonid Kalichman Israel 41 2.5k 0.9× 2.8k 1.2× 2.6k 1.3× 836 1.2× 361 0.8× 198 6.3k
Sumihisa Orita Japan 35 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.2× 473 0.7× 848 1.8× 288 4.6k
Munehito Yoshida Japan 42 3.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 3.5k 1.8× 657 1.0× 343 0.7× 194 5.6k
Dino Samartzis United States 48 5.4k 2.0× 3.2k 1.4× 5.0k 2.5× 1.3k 1.8× 266 0.6× 319 8.9k
Yukihiro Matsuyama Japan 48 4.2k 1.6× 806 0.3× 6.0k 3.0× 498 0.7× 429 0.9× 445 8.4k
Ashish D. Diwan Australia 38 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 2.2k 1.1× 927 1.3× 369 0.8× 193 5.0k
Shiro Imagama Japan 48 3.6k 1.4× 880 0.4× 5.6k 2.8× 537 0.8× 887 1.9× 525 9.0k
Toshihiko Taguchi Japan 34 2.1k 0.8× 853 0.4× 2.7k 1.4× 296 0.4× 256 0.6× 223 4.3k
Jean Ouellet Canada 36 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 2.1k 1.1× 358 0.5× 539 1.2× 163 4.2k
Masashi Takaso Japan 33 1.1k 0.4× 792 0.3× 2.2k 1.1× 450 0.7× 412 0.9× 271 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helena Brisby

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All Works

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Myklebust, Tor Åge, Clemens Weber, Helena Brisby, et al.. (2024). Do patients with lumbar spinal stenosis benefit from decompression of levels with adjacent moderate stenosis? A prospective cohort study from the NORDSTEN study. The Spine Journal. 24(6). 1015–1021. 2 indexed citations
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Meaney, Paul M., et al.. (2024). Microwave Vertebrae Strength Probe Development: Robust and Fast Phase Unwrapping Technique. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology. 8(1). 78–83.
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Hebelka, Hanna, et al.. (2023). Cervical Foraminal Changes in Patients with Intermittent Arm Radiculopathy Studied with a New MRI-Compatible Compression Device. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(20). 6493–6493.
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Zhang, Qiuxia, et al.. (2023). Intramuscular Pressure and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients Surgically Treated for Anterior Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 11(2). 951756144–951756144. 2 indexed citations
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Hebelka, Hanna, et al.. (2023). Detailed MRI evaluation of the spine: a 2-year follow-up study of young individuals reporting different training doses. European Spine Journal. 32(12). 4145–4152.
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Andersen, Erling, John‐Anker Zwart, Helena Brisby, et al.. (2023). Multi-Center CNN-Based Spine Segmentation from T2W MRI Using Small Amounts of Data. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Teixeira, Graciosa Q., Raquel Gonçalves, Jana Riegger, et al.. (2022). Announcement. European Spine Journal. 31(4). 1068–1068.
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Belavý, Daniel L., Gabriele Armbrecht, Kirsten Albracht, et al.. (2022). Cervical spine and muscle adaptation after spaceflight and relationship to herniation risk: protocol from ‘Cervical in Space’ trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 23(1). 772–772.
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Ekström, Karin M., et al.. (2020). Extracellular vesicles from human mesenchymal stem cells expedite chondrogenesis in 3D human degenerative disc cell cultures. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 11(1). 323–323. 43 indexed citations
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Henriksson, Helena Barreto, et al.. (2019). BMP-3 Promotes Matrix Production in Co-cultured Stem Cells and Disc Cells from Low Back Pain Patients. Tissue Engineering Part A. 26(1-2). 47–56. 6 indexed citations
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Henriksson, Helena Barreto, et al.. (2019). The Traceability of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells After Injection Into Degenerated Discs in Patients with Low Back Pain. Stem Cells and Development. 28(17). 1203–1211. 36 indexed citations
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Hebelka, Hanna, Kerstin Lagerstrand, Helena Brisby, et al.. (2019). The importance of level stratification for quantitative MR studies of lumbar intervertebral discs: a cross-sectional analysis in 101 healthy adults. European Spine Journal. 28(9). 2153–2161. 10 indexed citations
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Gutke, Annelie, María Hagströmer, Helena Brisby, et al.. (2018). Patients with severe low back pain exhibit a low level of physical activity before lumbar fusion surgery: a cross-sectional study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 19(1). 365–365. 18 indexed citations
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Henriksson, Helena Barreto, et al.. (2017). Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Pretreated with Interleukin-1β and Stimulated with Bone Morphogenetic Growth Factor-3 Enhance Chondrogenesis. Tissue Engineering Part A. 24(9-10). 775–785. 19 indexed citations
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Brisby, Helena, Nikolaos Papadimitriou, Camilla Brantsing, et al.. (2012). The Presence of Local Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells in Human Degenerated Intervertebral Discs and Possibilities to Influence These In Vitro: A Descriptive Study in Humans. Stem Cells and Development. 22(5). 804–814. 79 indexed citations
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Wei, Ai‐Qun, Sylvia A. Chung, Helen Tao, et al.. (2009). Differentiation of Rodent Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Intervertebral Disc-like Cells Following Coculture with Rat Disc Tissue. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(9). 2581–2593. 43 indexed citations
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Brisby, Helena, Federico Balagué, Ali Sheikhzadeh, et al.. (2002). Glycosphingolipid Antibodies in Serum in Patients With Sciatica. Spine. 27(4). 380–386. 16 indexed citations

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