John D. Childs

13.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
112 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

John D. Childs is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Occupational Therapy. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Childs has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Pharmacology, 43 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 23 papers in Occupational Therapy. Recurrent topics in John D. Childs's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (77 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (43 papers) and Occupational Health and Performance (22 papers). John D. Childs is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (77 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (43 papers) and Occupational Health and Performance (22 papers). John D. Childs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. John D. Childs's co-authors include Julie M. Fritz, Sara R. Piva, Julie M. Whitman, Joshua A. Cleland, Timothy W. Flynn, Deydre S. Teyhen, James J. Irrgang, Anthony Delitto, Joshua A. Cleland and Robert S. Wainner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John D. Childs

109 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

Responsiveness of the Numeric Pain Rating Scale in Patients with Low Back Pain

2005 1.2k citations John D. Childs, Sara R. Piva et al. profile →
A Clinical Prediction Rule To Identify Patients with Low Back Pain Most Likely To Benefit from Spinal Manipulation: A Validation Study

2004 594 citations John D. Childs, Julie M. Fritz et al. profile →
Psychometric Properties of the Neck Disability Index and Numeric Pain Rating Scale in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain

2008 556 citations John D. Childs, Julie M. Whitman et al. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation profile →
Neck Pain

2008 534 citations John D. Childs, Deydre S. Teyhen et al. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy profile →

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#	Title	Journal	Authors	Indexed citations
1	From small steps to big impact: what we learnt from the National Bowel Screening Programme	Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand	S Parry, Ian Bissett et al.	0
2	Effect of Risk-Stratified Care on Disability Among Adults With Low Back Pain Treated in the Military Health System	JAMA Network Open	Daniel I. Rhon, Tina A. Greenlee et al.	15
3	Criterion validity of manual assessment of spinal stiffness	Manual Therapy	Shane Koppenhaver, Jeffrey J. Hébert et al.	15
4	Exercise Only, Exercise With Mechanical Traction, or Exercise With Over-Door Traction for Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy, With or Without Consideration of Status on a Previously Described Subgrouping Rule: A Randomized Clinical Trial	Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy	Julie M. Fritz, Anne Thackeray et al.	60
5	Prevention of low back pain in the military cluster randomized trial: effects of brief psychosocial education on total and low back pain–related health care costs	The Spine Journal	John D. Childs, Samuel S. Wu et al.	19
6	Evolution of biomedical research during combat operations	The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care	John D. Childs, Michael P. Dempsey et al.	4
7	Functional movement screen: a reliability study in service members		Deydre S. Teyhen, Scott W. Shaffer et al.	3
8	The Role of US Military Physical Therapists During Recent Combat Campaigns	Physical Therapy	Josef H. Moore, Stephen L. Goffar et al.	20
9	Awareness and Compliance With Recommended Running Shoe Guidelines Among U.S. Army Soldiers	Military Medicine	Deydre S. Teyhen, Thomas McPoil et al.	3
10	Effects of Sit-up Training versus Core Stabilization Exercises on Sit-up Performance	Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise	John D. Childs, Deydre S. Teyhen et al.	30
11	Psychosocial education improves low back pain beliefs: results from a cluster randomized clinical trial (NCT00373009) in a primary prevention setting	European Spine Journal	Steven Z. George, Deydre S. Teyhen et al.	54
12	Development of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with neck pain likely to benefit from cervical traction and exercise	European Spine Journal	Evan J. Petersen, Tracy Smith et al.	51
13	Sex Differences in Predictors of Outcome in Selected Physical Therapy Interventions for Acute Low Back Pain	Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy	Steven Z. George, Julie M. Fritz et al.	29
14	Reliability of measures of impairments associated with patellofemoral pain syndrome	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	Sara R. Piva, James J. Irrgang et al.	191
15	The Audible Pop From High-Velocity Thrust Manipulation and Outcome in Individuals With Low Back Pain	Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics	Timothy W. Flynn, John D. Childs et al.	45
16	Lumbar Spine Segmental Mobility Assessment: An Examination of Validity for Determining Intervention Strategies in Patients With Low Back Pain	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Julie M. Fritz, Julie M. Whitman et al.	121
17	Pragmatic application of a clinical prediction rule in primary care to identify patients with low back pain with a good prognosis following a brief spinal manipulation intervention	BMC Family Practice	Julie M. Fritz, John D. Childs et al.	80
18	Systematic Review of the Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome	Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy	Mario Bizzini, John D. Childs et al.	112
19	Clinical Decision Making in the Identification of Patients Likely to Benefit From Spinal Manipulation: A Traditional Versus an Evidence-Based Approach	Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy	John D. Childs, Julie M. Fritz et al.	19
20	Three new human members of the lipid transfer/lipopolysaccharide binding protein family (LT/LBP)	Immunogenetics	Julio J. Mulero, Bryan Boyle et al.	40

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