Karin Grävare Silbernagel

11.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
175 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Karin Grävare Silbernagel is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Grävare Silbernagel has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 132 papers in Surgery and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karin Grävare Silbernagel's work include Sports injuries and prevention (134 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (133 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (82 papers). Karin Grävare Silbernagel is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (134 papers), Tendon Structure and Treatment (133 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (82 papers). Karin Grävare Silbernagel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Karin Grävare Silbernagel's co-authors include Jón Karlsson, Roland Thomeé, Bengt I. Eriksson, Katarina Nilsson‐Helander, Annelie Brorsson, Pia Thomeé, Nicklas Olsson, Jennifer A. Zellers, Eva Faxén and Michael R. Carmont and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physiology and Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Karin Grävare Silbernagel

162 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern

2016 542 citations Karin Grävare Silbernagel et al. profile →
Tendinopathy

2021 473 citations Karin Grävare Silbernagel et al. profile →
Pathogenesis of tendinopathies: inflammation or degeneration?

2009 404 citations Karin Grävare Silbernagel et al. profile →
A test battery for evaluating hop performance in patients with an ACL injury and patients who have undergone ACL reconstruction

2006 378 citations Camille Neeter, Pia Thomeé et al. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karin Grävare Silbernagel United States	44	6.9k	5.4k	843	279	277	175	7.7k
Håkan Alfredson Sweden	52	7.9k 1.2×	6.5k 1.2×	626 0.7×	355 1.3×	794 2.9×	155	8.8k
Craig Purdam Australia	30	4.2k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	578 0.7×	250 0.9×	323 1.2×	57	4.5k
Roland Thomeé Sweden	43	5.2k 0.8×	4.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	189 0.7×	126 0.5×	109	6.3k
S. Peter Magnusson Denmark	41	3.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	1.6k 1.9×	379 1.4×	528 1.9×	103	5.6k
Michael R. Krogsgaard Denmark	32	2.1k 0.3×	2.1k 0.4×	725 0.9×	240 0.9×	372 1.3×	157	3.7k
Kai Ming Chan Hong Kong	39	2.9k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	790 0.9×	118 0.4×	259 0.9×	87	4.6k
Paul S. Weinhold United States	33	2.0k 0.3×	2.2k 0.4×	899 1.1×	349 1.3×	214 0.8×	104	3.5k
Christer Rolf Sweden	28	2.3k 0.3×	2.0k 0.4×	264 0.3×	137 0.5×	186 0.7×	62	2.9k
Sakari Orava Finland	39	4.1k 0.6×	3.5k 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	166 0.6×	127 0.5×	126	5.3k
K M Khan Australia	19	2.8k 0.4×	2.4k 0.4×	411 0.5×	101 0.4×	211 0.8×	29	3.6k

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Smith, Angela H., et al.. (2025). Use of the Uninvolved Limb as Comparator When Calculating Return to Sports Hop Test Symmetry After ACL Reconstruction. Sports Health A Multidisciplinary Approach. 18(1). 118–124. 1 indexed citations

Urhausen, Anouk, Hege Grindem, Ragnhild Gunderson, et al.. (2025). Clinical, Functional, Sports Participation, and Osteoarthritis Outcomes After ACL Injury. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 107(8). 840–848.

Durigan, João Luíz Quagliotti, et al.. (2025). Regional Patellar Tendon Strain in the Short- and Long-term After ACL Reconstruction Using Bone–Patellar Tendon–Bone Autograft. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 53(3). 632–639.

Cone, Stephanie G., et al.. (2025). Effects of an exercise program on calf muscle characteristics in patients with Achilles tendinopathy. Physical Therapy in Sport. 76. 127–133.

Hanlon, Shawn L., et al.. (2024). Comparison of short term recovery in patients with midportion Achilles tendinopathy with varying degrees of kinesiophobia treated with the Silbernagel protocol: A prospective single cohort analysis. Physical Therapy in Sport. 70. 101–109.

Silbernagel, Karin Grävare, et al.. (2024). Long‐term patient outcome is affected by deep venous thrombosis after Achilles tendon rupture repair. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 32(8). 2184–2193. 1 indexed citations

Silva, Rodrigo Scattone, et al.. (2023). Challenging the assumption of uniformity in patellar tendon structure: Regional patellar tendon morphology and mechanical properties in vivo. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 41(10). 2232–2237. 9 indexed citations

Escriche-Escuder, Adrián, Jo Nijs, Karin Grävare Silbernagel, et al.. (2023). Pain neuroscience education in persistent painful tendinopathies: A scoping review from the Tendon PNE Network. Physical Therapy in Sport. 63. 38–49. 4 indexed citations

Bottaro, Martim, Denis César Leite Vieira, Nicolas Babault, et al.. (2023). The Influence of Hip and Knee Joint Angles on Quadriceps Muscle-Tendon Unit Properties during Maximal Voluntary Isometric Contraction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(5). 3947–3947. 3 indexed citations

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MacPherson, Megan, et al.. (2023). Identifying characteristics of resistance-based therapeutic exercise interventions for Achilles tendinopathy: A scoping review. Physical Therapy in Sport. 63. 73–94. 1 indexed citations

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Lundberg, Mari, et al.. (2023). Putting the fear-avoidance model into practice – what can patients with chronic low back pain learn from patients with Achilles tendinopathy and vice versa?. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. 27(5). 100557–100557. 3 indexed citations

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Silva, Rodrigo Scattone, et al.. (2022). Are static foot posture and ankle dorsiflexion range of motion associated with Achilles tendinopathy? A cross-sectional study. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. 26(6). 100466–100466. 7 indexed citations

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Silbernagel, Karin Grävare, et al.. (2022). Comparable Recovery and Compensatory Strategies in Heel-Rise Performance After a Surgically Repaired Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: An In Vivo Kinematic Analysis Comparing Early Functional Mobilization and Standard Treatment. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 50(14). 3856–3865. 1 indexed citations

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Marqueti, Rita de Cássia, Patrick Corrigan, Martim Bottaro, et al.. (2021). The effects of knee and hip joint angles on patellar tendon loading during quadriceps neuromuscular electrical stimulation. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 4(5). 587–596. 7 indexed citations

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Pohlig, Ryan T., et al.. (2021). The Impact of the Degree of Kinesiophobia on Recovery in Patients With Achilles Tendinopathy. Physical Therapy. 101(11). 14 indexed citations

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Silbernagel, Karin Grävare, et al.. (2021). No effects of early functional mobilization on gait patterns after acute Achilles tendon rupture repair. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 40(8). 1932–1942. 5 indexed citations

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Silbernagel, Karin Grävare, et al.. (2021). Effects of kinesiophobia and pain on performance and willingness to perform jumping tests in Achilles tendinopathy: A cross-sectional study. Physical Therapy in Sport. 50. 139–144. 6 indexed citations

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Locke, Ryan C., Eden M. Ford, Karin Grävare Silbernagel, April M. Kloxin, & Megan L. Killian. (2020). Success Criteria and Preclinical Testing of Multifunctional Hydrogels for Tendon Regeneration. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 26(10). 506–518. 13 indexed citations

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Sprague, Andrew, et al.. (2020). Relationship between mechanical properties (shear modulus and viscosity), age, and sex in uninjured Achilles tendons. Translational Sports Medicine. 3(4). 321–327. 13 indexed citations

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Neeter, Camille, Pia Thomeé, Karin Grävare Silbernagel, et al.. (2006). A test battery for evaluating hop performance in patients with an ACL injury and patients who have undergone ACL reconstruction. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 14(8). 778–788. 378 indexed citations breakdown →

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