Mark De Ste Croix

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Mark De Ste Croix is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark De Ste Croix has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 34 papers in Surgery and 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mark De Ste Croix's work include Sports injuries and prevention (77 papers), Sports Performance and Training (65 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (21 papers). Mark De Ste Croix is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (77 papers), Sports Performance and Training (65 papers) and Shoulder Injury and Treatment (21 papers). Mark De Ste Croix collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Czechia. Mark De Ste Croix's co-authors include Francisco Ayala, Pilar Sáinz de Baranda, Fernando Santonja, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Jon L. Oliver, Rhodri S. Lloyd, Iñaki Ruiz‐Pérez, Francisco J. Vera-García, José Alberto García and Gregory D. Myer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Mark De Ste Croix

96 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Epidemiology of injuries in professional football: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 243 citations Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Iñaki Ruiz‐Pérez et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark De Ste Croix United Kingdom	30	2.1k	573	496	466	426	98	2.6k
Neeru Jayanthi United States	20	2.7k 1.3×	976 1.7×	750 1.5×	679 1.5×	259 0.6×	47	3.2k
Francisco Ayala Spain	28	1.8k 0.8×	608 1.1×	224 0.5×	396 0.8×	318 0.7×	111	2.2k
Michael K. Drew Australia	25	1.8k 0.8×	399 0.7×	230 0.5×	498 1.1×	251 0.6×	95	2.3k
Pilar Sáinz de Baranda Spain	24	1.6k 0.7×	574 1.0×	263 0.5×	175 0.4×	311 0.7×	152	2.1k
Mark B.A. De Ste Croix United Kingdom	25	1.9k 0.9×	409 0.7×	621 1.3×	319 0.7×	438 1.0×	45	2.2k
Grégory Dupont France	27	2.2k 1.0×	310 0.5×	367 0.7×	651 1.4×	230 0.5×	47	2.5k
H Paul Dijkstra Qatar	15	1.5k 0.7×	299 0.5×	305 0.6×	512 1.1×	186 0.4×	35	2.1k
Janet E. Simon United States	27	1.6k 0.7×	448 0.8×	150 0.3×	212 0.5×	644 1.5×	135	2.3k
Eric G. Post United States	24	1.5k 0.7×	638 1.1×	267 0.5×	472 1.0×	186 0.4×	88	2.0k
Alejandro López‐Valenciano Spain	20	1.1k 0.5×	320 0.6×	142 0.3×	365 0.8×	168 0.4×	52	1.5k

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Robles-Palazón, Francisco Javier, et al.. (2025). Effects of Age, Maturation, and Sex on Trunk Muscle Performance in Elementary and Secondary School Students: ISQUIOS Program. Applied Sciences. 15(4). 2066–2066. 1 indexed citations

Croix, Mark De Ste, et al.. (2025). Postural Fitness Protocol in Children and Adolescents: Descriptive Values from the ISQUIOS Program. Children. 12(9). 1253–1253.

Williams, Craig A., et al.. (2025). Strength and jumping performance in youth athletes: do sport specialization and age categories affect strength asymmetry?. Research in Sports Medicine. 33(3). 334–351. 1 indexed citations

Ayala, Francisco, et al.. (2021). Reliability of five trunk flexion and extension endurance field-based tests in high school-aged adolescents: ISQUIOS programme. Journal of Sports Sciences. 39(16). 1860–1872. 6 indexed citations

Robles-Palazón, Francisco Javier, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Mark De Ste Croix, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology of injuries in male and female youth football players: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of sport and health science. 11(6). 681–695. 78 indexed citations

Ruiz‐Pérez, Iñaki, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, Sergio Hernández-Sánchez, et al.. (2021). A Field-Based Approach to Determine Soft Tissue Injury Risk in Elite Futsal Using Novel Machine Learning Techniques. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 610210–610210. 21 indexed citations

Lehnert, Michal, et al.. (2020). Effect of a Simulated Match on Lower Limb Neuromuscular Performance in Youth Footballers—A Two Year Longitudinal Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(22). 8579–8579. 6 indexed citations

Ruiz‐Pérez, Iñaki, Alejandro López‐Valenciano, José Luis López Elvira, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology of injuries in elite male and female futsal: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Science and Medicine in Football. 5(1). 59–71. 27 indexed citations

Ayala, Francisco, Mark De Ste Croix, Francisco J. Vera-García, et al.. (2020). A Meta-Analysis of the Reliability of Four Field-Based Trunk Extension Endurance Tests. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(9). 3088–3088. 25 indexed citations

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López‐Valenciano, Alejandro, Francisco Ayala, Francisco J. Vera-García, et al.. (2018). Comprehensive profile of hip, knee and ankle ranges of motion in professional football players. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 59(1). 102–109. 33 indexed citations

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Draper, Stephen B., et al.. (2017). Health Rating, Obesity and Hypertension Among University Students in Nigeria by Gender and Ethnicity. 2(4). 131. 4 indexed citations

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El‐Ashker, Said, Brian P. Carson, Francisco Ayala, & Mark De Ste Croix. (2015). Sex-related differences in joint-angle-specific functional hamstring-to-quadriceps strength ratios. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. 25(3). 949–957. 37 indexed citations

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Ayala, Francisco, Mark De Ste Croix, Pilar Sáinz de Baranda, & Fernando Santonja. (2014). Inter-session reliability and sex-related differences in hamstrings total reaction time, pre-motor time and motor time during eccentric isokinetic contractions in recreational athlete. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 24(2). 200–206. 12 indexed citations

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Ayala, Francisco, Pilar Sáinz de Baranda, Mark De Ste Croix, & Fernando Santonja. (2012). Validity and reliability of isokinetic strength ratios for estimating muscle imbalances. Apunts Medicina de l Esport. 47(176). 131–142. 2 indexed citations

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Ayala, Francisco, Pilar Sáinz de Baranda, & Mark De Ste Croix. (2012). Estiramientos en el calentamiento: Diseño de rutinas e impacto sobre el rendimiento / Stretching in warm-up: Design of routines and their impact on athletic performance. Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. 1 indexed citations

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Ayala, Francisco, et al.. (2012). Estiramientos en el calentamiento: diseño de rutinas e impacto sobre el rendimiento. Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte. 12(46). 349–368. 2 indexed citations

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Ayala, Francisco, Pilar Sáinz de Baranda, Mark De Ste Croix, & Fernando Santonja. (2012). Comparison of active stretching technique in males with normal and limited hamstring flexibility. Physical Therapy in Sport. 14(2). 98–104. 54 indexed citations

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Ford, Paul, Mark De Ste Croix, Rhodri S. Lloyd, et al.. (2011). The Long-Term Athlete Development model: Physiological evidence and application. Journal of Sports Sciences. 29(4). 389–402. 304 indexed citations

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Croix, Mark De Ste. (2007). ADVANCES IN PAEDIATRIC STRENGTH ASSESSMENT: CHANGING OUR PERSPECTIVE ON STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 33 indexed citations

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Croix, Mark De Ste, Martine Deighan, & N. Armstrong. (2007). Functional Eccentric-Concentric Ratio of Knee Extensors and Flexors in Pre-Pubertal Children, Teenagers and Adult Males and Females. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 28(9). 768–772. 13 indexed citations

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