Helmut Kern

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Helmut Kern is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Kern has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Helmut Kern's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (92 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (46 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (25 papers). Helmut Kern is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (92 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (46 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (25 papers). Helmut Kern collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Italy and United States. Helmut Kern's co-authors include Ugo Carraro, Winfried Mayr, Christian Höfer, Sandra Zampieri, Stefan Löefler, Katia Rossini, Feliciano Protasi, Karen Minassian, Claudia Forstner and Simona Boncompagni and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Cell Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Kern

162 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Age-Associated Loss of OPA1 in Muscle Impacts Muscle Mass, Metabolic Homeostasis, Systemic Inflammation, and Epithelial Senescence

2017 421 citations Vanina Romanello, Stefan Löefler et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helmut Kern Austria	40	2.0k	2.0k	974	942	925	167	5.3k
Ugo Carraro Italy	43	3.1k 1.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	439 0.5×	992 1.1×	222	5.8k
Marc Bolliger Switzerland	34	1.2k 0.6×	600 0.3×	323 0.3×	903 1.0×	656 0.7×	88	3.9k
Jesper L. Andersen Denmark	57	2.8k 1.4×	3.3k 1.7×	3.2k 3.3×	434 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	169	11.5k
Jane A. Kent‐Braun United States	46	706 0.4×	2.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	534 0.6×	85	7.1k
Maurizio Inghilleri Italy	52	556 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	923 0.9×	912 1.0×	435 0.5×	213	8.6k
Richard T. Abresch United States	40	2.8k 1.4×	955 0.5×	760 0.8×	281 0.3×	575 0.6×	98	5.1k
P. Tonali Italy	56	700 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	584 0.6×	821 0.9×	622 0.7×	203	11.7k
Julaine Florence United States	36	2.9k 1.4×	812 0.4×	783 0.8×	146 0.2×	360 0.4×	66	5.0k
Jean‐Pascal Lefaucheur France	53	602 0.3×	701 0.4×	2.7k 2.8×	827 0.9×	514 0.6×	254	9.1k
Pietro Tonali Italy	47	1.4k 0.7×	477 0.2×	817 0.8×	535 0.6×	182 0.2×	162	7.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Helmut Kern

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helmut Kern

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Kern

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Monti, Elena, Fabio Sarto, Roberta Sartori, et al.. (2023). C‐terminal agrin fragment as a biomarker of muscle wasting and weakness: a narrative review. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 14(2). 730–744. 34 indexed citations

Höfer, Christian, Stefan Löfler, Michael Nürnberg, et al.. (2019). Influence of electrical stimulation therapy on permanent pacemaker function. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 131(13-14). 313–320. 3 indexed citations

Albertin, Giovanna, Helmut Kern, Christian Höfer, et al.. (2018). Two years of Functional Electrical Stimulation by large surface electrodes for denervated muscles improve skin epidermis in SCI. European Journal of Translational Myology. 28(1). 7373–7373. 13 indexed citations

Mosole, Simone, Sandra Zampieri, Sandra Furlan, et al.. (2018). Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Skeletal Muscle of Old Sedentary People. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. 4. 3693847142–3693847142. 10 indexed citations

Kern, Helmut, Stefan Löefler, Sandra Zampieri, et al.. (2017). Atrophy, ultra-structural disorders, severe atrophy and degeneration of denervated human muscle in SCI and Aging. Implications for their recovery by Functional Electrical Stimulation, updated 2017. Neurological Research. 39(7). 660–666. 48 indexed citations

Zampieri, Sandra, Cristina Mammucari, Vanina Romanello, et al.. (2016). Physical exercise in aging human skeletal muscle increases mitochondrial calcium uniporter expression levels and affects mitochondria dynamics. Physiological Reports. 4(24). 70 indexed citations

Kern, Helmut, et al.. (2015). Age-Associated Power Decline from Running, Jumping, and Throwing Male Masters World Records. Experimental Aging Research. 41(2). 115–135. 65 indexed citations

Zampieri, Sandra, Simone Mosole, Stefan Löfler, et al.. (2015). Physical exercise in Aging: Nine weeks of leg press or electrical stimulation training in 70 years old sedentary elderly people. European Journal of Translational Myology. 25(4). 237–237. 65 indexed citations

Šarabon, Nejc, et al.. (2013). The effect of vision elimination during quiet stance tasks with different feet positions. Gait & Posture. 38(4). 708–711. 45 indexed citations

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Kern, Helmut, Stefan Löefler, Samantha Burggraf, et al.. (2013). Electrical stimulation counteracts muscle atrophy associated with aging in humans. European Journal of Translational Myology. 23(3). 105–105. 2 indexed citations

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Stramare, Roberto, Sandra Zampieri, Helmut Kern, et al.. (2013). Dynamic Echomyography Shows That FES in Peripheral Denervation does not Hamper Muscle Reinnervation. Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering. 58 Suppl 1. 14 indexed citations

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Šarabon, Nejc, et al.. (2010). SENSITIVITY OF BODY SWAY PARAMETERS DURING QUIET STANDING TO MANIPULATION OF SUPPORT SURFACE SIZE. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29 indexed citations

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Kern, Helmut, et al.. (2010). SX-NSR 2.0 – A Multi-frequency and Multi-sensor Software Receiver with a Quad-band RF Front End. 1395–1401. 3 indexed citations

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Pieber, Karin, et al.. (2010). Combination treatment of physical modalities in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain syndromes: a prospective-controlled study. European Journal of Translational Myology. 20(4). 157–157.

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Carraro, Ugo, Helmut Kern, & Ludwig Boltzmann. (2010). Patologia muscolare nella paraplegia da lesione del motoneurone spinale e recupero funzionale con stimolazione elettrica domiciliare. 1 indexed citations

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Dimitrijević, M.R., et al.. (2005). Motor Control in the Human Spinal Cord. Artificial Organs. 29(3). 216–219. 15 indexed citations

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Kern, Helmut, et al.. (1998). Diagnose, Erstversorgung und Klassifikation von Muskelverletzungen in der Sportmedizin. Sportverletzung · Sportschaden. 12(3). 87–93. 1 indexed citations

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Kern, Helmut. (1996). Functional electrical stimulation in paraplegic spastic patients. 319–320.

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Thoma, H., Michael E. Frey, Hans Gruber, et al.. (1983). First implantation of a 16-channel electric stimulation device in the human body.. PubMed. 29. 301–6. 9 indexed citations

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Keul, J., et al.. (1966). [On the metabolism of the heart in highly trained athletes. I. Substrate supply of the trained heart at rest, during and after physical work].. PubMed. 55(2). 190–215. 7 indexed citations

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