Kristian Thorborg

15.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
256 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Kristian Thorborg is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristian Thorborg has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 174 papers in Surgery and 47 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kristian Thorborg's work include Sports injuries and prevention (176 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (119 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (70 papers). Kristian Thorborg is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (176 papers), Shoulder Injury and Treatment (119 papers) and Sports Performance and Training (70 papers). Kristian Thorborg collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Australia. Kristian Thorborg's co-authors include Per Hölmich, Jesper Petersen, Thomas Bandholm, Michael Skovdal Rathleff, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Andreas Serner, Ewa M. Roos, S. Peter Magnusson, Roald Bahr and Michael P. Reiman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kristian Thorborg

242 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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

2016 542 citations Benjamin Clarsen, Ann Cools et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →
Tendinopathy

2021 473 citations Kristian Thorborg et al. profile →
Preventive Effect of Eccentric Training on Acute Hamstring Injuries in Men’s Soccer

2011 439 citations Kristian Thorborg, Per Hölmich et al. profile →
The Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS): development and validation according to the COSMIN checklist

2011 377 citations Kristian Thorborg, Per Hölmich et al. British Journal of Sports Medicine profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Changing the narrative for exercise-based prehabilitation: Evidence-informed and shared decision making when discussing the need for a total knee arthroplasty with patients 2025 ·Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open ·Thomas Bandholm, Rasmus Skov Husted, Anders Troelsen, Kristian Thorborg	0
2	44 Implementing an early detection strategy to detect early signs of groin problems and to monitor hip strength throughout a season 2025 ·(unknown), (unknown), Martin McIntyre, Eamonn Delahunt, Kristian Thorborg	0
3	Assessing musculoskeletal complaints in para-athletes: A systematic review and critical appraisal of available Patient-Reported Outcome Measures 2025 ·Physical Therapy in Sport ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kristian Thorborg, Anna Prats‐Puig, Ernest Esteve	0
4	Sports-related pain prevalence in TeamGym during normal and reduced training periods: A survey of 579 Danish gymnasts 2025 ·Physical Therapy in Sport ·(unknown), Mikkel Bek Clausen, Birgit Juul‐Kristensen, Per Hölmich, Kristian Thorborg	0
5	Implementing the Copenhagen Adductor Exercise and Nordic Hamstring Exercise in West African Academy Soccer Players: An Intervention Study 2024 ·International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy ·Matthew D. DeLang, Lasse Ishøi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kristian Thorborg	1
6	The effectiveness of the Copenhagen adduction exercise on improving eccentric hip adduction strength among soccer players with groin injury: a randomized controlled trial 2024 ·The Physician and Sportsmedicine ·(unknown), Qassim I. Muaidi, Shibili Nuhmani, Kristian Thorborg, (unknown), Wesam Saleh A. Al Attar	4
7	Level of pain catastrophising determines if patients with long-standing subacromial impingement benefit from more resistance exercise: predefined secondary analyses from a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (the SExSI Trial) 2023 ·British Journal of Sports Medicine ·Mikkel Bek Clausen, Michael Skovdal Rathleff, Thomas Graven‐Nielsen, Thomas Bandholm, Karl Bang Christensen, Per Hölmich, Kristian Thorborg	7
8	Are Exercise Therapy Protocols For The Treatment of Hip-Related Pain Adequately Described? A Systematic Review of Intervention Descriptions 2023 ·International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy ·(unknown), Joanne L. Kemp, Kristian Thorborg, (unknown), Eva Ageberg	6
9	Blood flow restriction added to usual care exercise in patients with early weight bearing restrictions after cartilage or meniscus repair in the knee joint: a feasibility study 2022 ·Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics ·Thomas Jakobsen, Kristian Thorborg, (unknown), Thomas Kallemose, Thomas Bandholm	3
10	Assessing shoulder disability in orthopaedic specialist care: Introducing the Copenhagen Shoulder Abduction Rating (C-SAR) 2022 ·Musculoskeletal Science and Practice ·Mikkel Bek Clausen, (unknown), Karl Bang Christensen, Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis, (unknown), Ann Cools, Per Hölmich, Kristian Thorborg	3
11	Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of common shoulder injuries in sport: grading the evidence – a statement paper commissioned by the Danish Society of Sports Physical Therapy (DSSF) 2022 ·British Journal of Sports Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Rasmus Skov Husted, (unknown), Kristian Thorborg, Carsten Bogh Juhl	21
12	Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome and labral injuries: grading the evidence on diagnosis and non-operative treatment—a statement paper commissioned by the Danish Society of Sports Physical Therapy (DSSF) 2021 ·British Journal of Sports Medicine ·Lasse Ishøi, (unknown), Kasper Krommes, Rasmus Skov Husted, Per Hölmich, (unknown), Kristian Thorborg	8
13	Associations between clinical findings and MRI injury extent in male athletes with acute adductor injuries — A cross-sectional study 2020 ·Journal of science and medicine in sport ·Andreas Serner, Per Hölmich, Johannes L. Tol, Kristian Thorborg, (unknown), Adam Weir	5
14	The effect of including the Nordic Hamstring exercise on sprint and jump performance in athletes: protocol of a systematic review and meta-analyses 2020 ·medRxiv ·Kasper Krommes, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kristian Thorborg, Per Hölmich, Lasse Ishøi	1
15	The Adductor Strengthening Programme prevents groin problems among male football players: a cluster-randomised controlled trial 2018 ·British Journal of Sports Medicine ·Joar Harøy, Benjamin Clarsen, (unknown), (unknown), Andreas Serner, Kristian Thorborg, Per Hölmich, Thor Einar Andersen, Roald Bahr	134
16	Infographic. The Adductor Strengthening Programme prevents groin problems among male football players 2018 ·British Journal of Sports Medicine ·Joar Harøy, David Pope, Benjamin Clarsen, (unknown), (unknown), Andreas Serner, Kristian Thorborg, Per Hölmich, Thor Einar Andersen, Roald Bahr	3
17	Characteristics of acute groin injuries in the hip flexor muscles — a detailed MRI study in athletes 2017 ·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ·Andreas Serner, Adam Weir, Johannes L. Tol, Kristian Thorborg, Frank W. Roemer, Ali Guermazi, (unknown), Per Hölmich	18
18	Effects of the Nordic Hamstring exercise on sprint capacity in male football players: a randomized controlled trial 2017 ·Journal of Sports Sciences ·Lasse Ishøi, Per Hölmich, Per Aagaard, Kristian Thorborg, Thomas Bandholm, Andreas Serner	85
19	Characteristics of acute groin injuries in the adductor muscles: A detailed MRI study in athletes 2017 ·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ·Andreas Serner, Adam Weir, Johannes L. Tol, Kristian Thorborg, Frank W. Roemer, Ali Guermazi, (unknown), Per Hölmich	46
20	PERCEIVED LOADING AND MUSCLE ACTIVITY DURING HIP STRENGTHENING EXERCISES: COMPARISON OF ELASTIC RESISTANCE AND MACHINE EXERCISES 2013 ·Europe PMC (PubMed Central) ·Mikkel Brandt, Markus Due Jakobsen, Kristian Thorborg, Emil Sundstrup, Lars L. Andersen, (unknown)	11

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