Kika Konstantinou

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

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Kika Konstantinou is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kika Konstantinou has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Pharmacology, 34 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Kika Konstantinou's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (47 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (34 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (17 papers). Kika Konstantinou is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (47 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (34 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (17 papers). Kika Konstantinou collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Australia. Kika Konstantinou's co-authors include Kate M. Dunn, Elaine M. Hay, Martyn Lewis, Nadine E. Foster, Jonathan Hill, Simon Somerville, Chris J. Main, David G. T. Whitehurst, Gail Sowden and Elizabeth Mason and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Kika Konstantinou

50 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Comparison of stratified primary care management for low back pain with current best practice (STarT Back): a randomised controlled trial

2011 967 citations Jonathan Hill, David G. T. Whitehurst et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kika Konstantinou United Kingdom	22	2.4k	1.4k	524	486	472	53	2.8k
Janna Friedly United States	29	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	386 0.7×	856 1.8×	440 0.9×	97	3.6k
María Teresa Gil del Real Spain	14	1.9k 0.8×	832 0.6×	286 0.5×	291 0.6×	436 0.9×	18	2.3k
Jennifer Klaber-Moffett United Kingdom	6	2.0k 0.8×	841 0.6×	217 0.4×	283 0.6×	429 0.9×	8	2.3k
Maria M. Wertli Switzerland	25	1.5k 0.6×	648 0.5×	156 0.3×	669 1.4×	438 0.9×	101	2.5k
Sandra Marina dos Reis United Kingdom	2	1.8k 0.8×	771 0.5×	181 0.3×	232 0.5×	410 0.9×	4	2.0k
Pim A. J. Luijsterburg Netherlands	29	1.3k 0.6×	657 0.5×	211 0.4×	785 1.6×	322 0.7×	92	2.6k
Jan Sture Skouen Norway	26	1.6k 0.6×	574 0.4×	183 0.3×	203 0.4×	617 1.3×	68	2.3k
Jan Pool Netherlands	23	1.4k 0.6×	707 0.5×	101 0.2×	668 1.4×	339 0.7×	62	2.3k
R. A. Deyo United States	9	1.3k 0.5×	665 0.5×	177 0.3×	310 0.6×	246 0.5×	11	1.7k
Trudy Rebbeck Australia	22	1.2k 0.5×	378 0.3×	155 0.3×	324 0.7×	521 1.1×	75	1.9k

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Ogollah, Reuben, et al.. (2023). Prognosis of Patients With Neuropathic Low Back-Related Leg Pain: An Exploratory Study Using Prospective Data From UK Primary Care. Journal of Pain. 25(2). 533–544. 3 indexed citations

Foster, Nadine E., Kika Konstantinou, Martyn Lewis, et al.. (2020). Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 24(49). 1–130. 14 indexed citations

Jowett, Sue, et al.. (2020). The STarT Back stratified care model for nonspecific low back pain: a model-based evaluation of long-term cost-effectiveness. Pain. 162(3). 702–710. 14 indexed citations

Hider, Samantha, Kika Konstantinou, Elaine M. Hay, John R. Glossop, & Derek L. Mattey. (2019). Inflammatory biomarkers do not distinguish between patients with sciatica and referred leg pain within a primary care population: results from a nested study within the ATLAS cohort. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 20(1). 202–202. 7 indexed citations

Kigozi, Jesse, et al.. (2019). Factors associated with costs and health outcomes in patients with Back and leg pain in primary care: a prospective cohort analysis. BMC Health Services Research. 19(1). 406–406. 25 indexed citations

Williams, Nefyn, Alison Jenkins, Nia Goulden, et al.. (2018). Lessons learnt from a discontinued randomised controlled trial: adalimumab injection compared with placebo for patients receiving physiotherapy treatment for sciatica (Subcutaneous Injection of Adalimumab Trial compared with Control: SCIATiC). Trials. 19(1). 408–408. 1 indexed citations

Whitehurst, David G. T., Melissa Glenda Lewis, Stirling Bryan, et al.. (2018). A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF STRATIFIED PRIMARY CARE MANAGEMENT FOR LOW BACK PAIN COMPARED WITH CURRENT BEST PRACTICE: THE START BACK TRIAL [ISRCTN37113406]. 3 indexed citations

Stynes, Siobhán, Kika Konstantinou, Reuben Ogollah, Elaine M. Hay, & Kate M. Dunn. (2018). Clinical diagnostic model for sciatica developed in primary care patients with low back-related leg pain. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0191852–e0191852. 30 indexed citations

Foster, Nadine E., Kika Konstantinou, Martyn Lewis, et al.. (2017). The clinical and cost-effectiveness of stratified care for patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC randomised controlled trial protocol (ISRCTN75449581). BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 18(1). 172–172. 13 indexed citations

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Williams, Nefyn, Alison Jenkins, Nia Goulden, et al.. (2017). Subcutaneous Injection of Adalimumab Trial compared with Control (SCIATiC): a randomised controlled trial of adalimumab injection compared with placebo for patients receiving physiotherapy treatment for sciatica. Health Technology Assessment. 21(60). 1–180. 10 indexed citations

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Stynes, Siobhán, Kika Konstantinou, & Kate M. Dunn. (2016). Classification of patients with low back-related leg pain: a systematic review. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 17(1). 226–226. 46 indexed citations

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Jordan, John E., Kika Konstantinou, & T. John O'Dowd. (2016). Herniated lumbar disc: injection interventions for sciatica. PubMed Central. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Stynes, Siobhán, Kika Konstantinou, Kate M. Dunn, Martyn Lewis, & Elaine M. Hay. (2015). Reliability among clinicians diagnosing low back-related leg pain. European Spine Journal. 25(9). 2734–2740. 11 indexed citations

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Sanders, Tom, Kate M. Dunn, Kika Konstantinou, & Elaine M. Hay. (2013). Managing Sciatica in the Physiotherapy Consultation: A Qualitative Observation and Interview Study. Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University). 1 indexed citations

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Lewis, Melissa Glenda, Stirling Bryan, KM Dunn, et al.. (2013). A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF STRATIFIED PRIMARY CARE MANAGEMENT FOR LOW BACK PAIN COMPARED WITH CURRENT BEST PRACTICE: THE START BACK TRIAL [ISRCTN37113406]. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-british Volume. 28–28. 1 indexed citations

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Konstantinou, Kika, Ruth Beardmore, Kate M. Dunn, et al.. (2012). Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care. The ATLAS study protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 13(1). 4–4. 20 indexed citations

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Hay, Elaine M., Kate M. Dunn, Jonathan Hill, et al.. (2008). A randomised clinical trial of subgrouping and targeted treatment for low back pain compared with best current care. The STarT Back Trial Study Protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 9(1). 58–58. 103 indexed citations

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Konstantinou, Kika, Nadine E. Foster, Alison Rushton, et al.. (2007). Flexion Mobilizations With Movement Techniques: the Immediate Effects on Range of Movement and Pain in Subjects With Low Back Pain. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 30(3). 178–185. 37 indexed citations

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Morgan, Tamara S., et al.. (2006). Herniated Lumbar Disk. American family physician. 73(7). 1240. 11 indexed citations

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Konstantinou, Kika, Nadine E. Foster, Alison Rushton, & David Baxter. (2002). The use and reported effects of mobilization with movement techniques in low back pain management; a cross-sectional descriptive survey of physiotherapists in Britain. Manual Therapy. 7(4). 206–214. 36 indexed citations

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