John F. Ditunno

13.1k citations

121 papers · 9.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 45

Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.05%
Surgery top 0.5%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 0.5%
Rehabilitation top 0.05%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health top 1%

Co-authors: William H. Donovan Graham H. Creasey W Young Ralph J. Marino Gerald J. Herbison Anthony S. Burns Frederick Maynard M.M. Jaweed
Topics: Spinal Cord Injury Research (66 papers)Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (39 papers)Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (30 papers)
Cited by: Pathology and Forensic Medicine Rehabilitation Psychiatry and Mental health
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine The Lancet Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Partner nations: United States Canada Italy

In The Last Decade

John F. Ditunno

116 papers receiving 9.0k 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 and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

1997 1.7k citations Frederick Maynard, John F. Ditunno et al. Spinal Cord profile →
The International Standards Booklet for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

1994 1.4k citations John F. Ditunno, William H. Donovan et al. Spinal Cord profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Conversation Between Past and Present Chairs of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2022 ·American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ·John F. Ditunno,(unknown),John L. Melvin,Joel A. DeLisa,Nicolas E. Walsh,Margaret A. Turk,Dennis J. Matthews,Teresa L. Massagli,Karen Kowalske,Anthony E. Chiodo,(unknown)	1
2	Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Diagnosis of Poliomyelitis Revisited 2016 ·PM&R ·John F. Ditunno,Bruce E. Becker,Gerald J. Herbison	6
3	Dr. Robert L. Bennett: Pioneer and Definer of Modern Physiatry 2013 ·PM&R ·John F. Ditunno,(unknown)	4
4	Extent of spontaneous motor recovery after traumatic cervical sensorimotor complete spinal cord injury 2010 ·Spinal Cord ·(unknown),John D. Steeves,J. K. G. Kramer,James W. Fawcett,Jacquelyn J. Cragg,Daniel P. Lammertse,Andrew R. Blight,Ralph J. Marino,John F. Ditunno,W P Coleman,Fred H. Geisler,James D. Guest,Linda Jones,Stephen F. Burns,Martin Schubert,Hubertus J. A. van Hedel,Armin Curt	132
5	Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury Version 2 (WISCI-II) with Repeatability of the 10-m Walk Time 2009 ·American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation ·Ralph J. Marino,Giorgio Scivoletto,(unknown),Federica Tamburella,Mary Schmidt Read,Anthony S. Burns,Walter W. Hauck,John F. Ditunno	38
6	Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury as developed by the ICCP panel: clinical trial design 2006 ·Spinal Cord ·Daniel P. Lammertse,Mark H. Tuszynski,John D. Steeves,Armin Curt,James W. Fawcett,Charlotte Ulrikka Rask,John F. Ditunno,Michael G. Fehlings,James D. Guest,P H Ellaway,Naomi Kleitman,Andrew R. Blight,Bruce H. Dobkin,Robert G. Grossman,Hiroyuki Katoh,Alain Privat,Michael Kalichman	152
7	Walking index for spinal cord injury (WISCI): criterion validation 2004 ·Spinal Cord ·Barbara Morganti,Giorgio Scivoletto,P L Ditunno,John F. Ditunno,Marco Molinari	116
8	Spinal shock revisited: a four-phase model 2004 ·Spinal Cord ·John F. Ditunno,James W. Little,Alan Tessler,Anthony S. Burns	270
9	Effects on age on spinal cord lesion patients' rehabilitation 2003 ·Spinal Cord ·Giorgio Scivoletto,Barbara Morganti,P L Ditunno,John F. Ditunno,Marco Molinari	132
10	Using the SF-36 for Characterizing Outcome after Multiple Trauma Involving Head Injury 2002 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Ellen J. MacKenzie,Melissa L. McCarthy,John F. Ditunno,(unknown),Gary S. Gruen,Donald W. Marion,William C. Schwab	134
11	Establishing Prognosis and Maximizing Functional Outcomes After Spinal Cord Injury 2001 ·Spine ·Anthony S. Burns,John F. Ditunno	140
12	Neurologic recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury: data from the model spinal cord injury systems 1999 ·Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ·Ralph J. Marino,John F. Ditunno,William H. Donovan,Frederick Maynard	271
13	ESOPHAGEAL SENSATION IN SPINAL CORD-INJURED PATIENTS: BALLOON DISTENSION AND CEREBRAL EVOKED POTENTIAL RECORDING 1997 ·Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology ·Kenneth R. DeVault,(unknown),Donald O. Castell,Leopold J. Streletz,John F. Ditunno	9
14	Superiority of motor level over single neurological level in categorizing tetraplegia 1995 ·Spinal Cord ·Ralph J. Marino,(unknown),(unknown),John F. Ditunno	42
15	Biceps vs extensor carpi radialis recovery in Frankel grades A and B in spinal cord injury patients 1994 ·Spinal Cord ·(unknown),Gerald J. Herbison,(unknown),John F. Ditunno	6
16	Closed Reduction of Traumatic Cervical Spine Dislocation Using Traction Weights Up to 140 Pounds 1993 ·Spine ·Jerome M. Cotler,Gerald J. Herbison,Joseph F. Nasuti,John F. Ditunno,Howard S. An,(unknown)	96
17	Spinal cord injury: prognosis for ambulation based on quadriceps recovery 1992 ·Spinal Cord ·(unknown),Ling Cheng,Virginia Graziani,George L. Zorn,Gerald J. Herbison,John F. Ditunno	83
18	Spinal cord injury syndrome with motor sparing in the absence of all sensation 1991 ·Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ·Karen Kowalske,Gerald J. Herbison,John F. Ditunno,Virginia Graziani	4
19	Reanalysis of Central Cervical Cord Injury Management 1984 ·Neurosurgery ·Bikash Bose,Bruce E. Northrup,Jewell L. Osterholm,Jerome M. Cotler,John F. Ditunno	77
20	Myosin ATPase activity after strengthening exercise. 1977 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·M.M. Jaweed,Gerald J. Herbison,John F. Ditunno	17

About John F. Ditunno

John F. Ditunno is a scholar working on Rehabilitation, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 121 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (66 papers), Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (39 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (6.7k citations), Rehabilitation (2.1k citations) and Psychiatry and Mental health (2.3k citations). John F. Ditunno has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Frequent co-authors include William H. Donovan, Graham H. Creasey, W Young, Ralph J. Marino, Gerald J. Herbison, Anthony S. Burns, Frederick Maynard, M.M. Jaweed, Robert L. Waters and Samuel L. Stover. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

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