Markus Wirz

3.3k total citations
57 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Markus Wirz is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry and Mental health and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Wirz has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 23 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 20 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Markus Wirz's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (23 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (21 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (20 papers). Markus Wirz is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (23 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (21 papers) and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (20 papers). Markus Wirz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands. Markus Wirz's co-authors include Volker Dietz, Hubertus J. A. van Hedel, Giorgio Colombo, Armin Curt, R. Rupp, T. George Hornby, Gery Colombo, Anke Scheel‐Sailer, Caroline H. G. Bastiaenen and Roland Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Brain and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Markus Wirz

51 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Markus Wirz Switzerland 22 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 683 328 57 2.4k
Patrick L. Jacobs United States 28 1.3k 0.9× 714 0.6× 621 0.6× 666 1.0× 120 0.4× 67 2.6k
Michael Saulino United States 21 878 0.6× 870 0.7× 698 0.6× 762 1.1× 128 0.4× 56 2.3k
Edelle C. Field‐Fote United States 32 2.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 907 1.3× 184 0.6× 107 3.1k
Federica Tamburella Italy 22 630 0.4× 955 0.8× 564 0.5× 907 1.3× 284 0.9× 53 2.0k
Johanna Jonsdottir Italy 30 978 0.6× 870 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 325 0.5× 887 2.7× 88 2.6k
Deborah Backus United States 23 979 0.6× 538 0.5× 629 0.6× 245 0.4× 118 0.4× 90 1.7k
Dany H. Gagnon Canada 26 1.2k 0.8× 585 0.5× 713 0.7× 427 0.6× 267 0.8× 156 2.1k
Mark G. Bowden United States 28 708 0.5× 1.9k 1.6× 1.6k 1.5× 975 1.4× 1.3k 3.9× 77 3.2k
Philip S. Requejo United States 20 828 0.5× 444 0.4× 501 0.5× 444 0.7× 112 0.3× 47 1.4k
Marc B. Rietberg Netherlands 14 763 0.5× 863 0.7× 761 0.7× 192 0.3× 255 0.8× 31 2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Wirz

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All Works

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Wanivenhaus, Florian, et al.. (2025). Supervised prehabilitation in patients scheduled for spinal surgery – a scoping review. European Spine Journal. 34(4). 1366–1385. 1 indexed citations
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Wirz, Markus, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing physical activity in individuals with head and neck cancer: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 14(7). e083852–e083852. 1 indexed citations
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Niedermann, Karin, André Meichtry, Markus J. Ernst, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a single home-based fall prevention program: a prospective observational study based on questionnaires and claims data. BMC Geriatrics. 24(1). 1044–1044. 2 indexed citations
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Graf, Eveline, Claudio Perret, Rob Labruyère, Jens Carsten Möller, & Markus Wirz. (2023). Health-enhancing physical activity interventions in non-ambulatory people with severe motor impairments – a scoping review. Annals of Medicine. 55(1). 2219065–2219065.
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Gloor, Severin, Cornelia Frei-Lanter, David Gisi, et al.. (2022). Prehabilitation in patients undergoing colorectal surgery fails to confer reduction in overall morbidity: results of a single-center, blinded, randomized controlled trial. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 407(3). 897–907. 29 indexed citations
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Graf, Eveline, et al.. (2021). Ankle kinematics during walking with a soft exoskeleton in people with dropfoot – a case series. Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). 1 indexed citations
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Scheermesser, Mandy, David Gisi, Spencer Rezek, et al.. (2021). The Influence of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Counselling on Perceptions of Physical Activity in Individuals with COPD – A Qualitative Study. International Journal of COPD. Volume 16. 2337–2350. 7 indexed citations
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Kuster, Roman, et al.. (2015). Validity of the new Kinect-sensor in measuring upper body kinematics. Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). 1 indexed citations
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Wirz, Markus, et al.. (2011). Locomotion in stroke subjects: interactions between unaffected and affected sides. Brain. 134(3). 721–731. 29 indexed citations
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Wirz, Markus, Björn Zörner, R. Rupp, & Volker Dietz. (2009). Outcome after incomplete spinal cord injury: central cord versus Brown-Sequard syndrome. Spinal Cord. 48(5). 407–414. 29 indexed citations
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Hedel, Hubertus J. A. van, Markus Wirz, & Volker Dietz. (2008). Standardized assessment of walking capacity after spinal cord injury: the European network approach. Neurological Research. 30(1). 61–73. 78 indexed citations
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Wirz, Markus, R. Rupp, Anke Scheel‐Sailer, et al.. (2005). Effectiveness of automated locomotor training in patients with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury: A multicenter trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 86(4). 672–680. 347 indexed citations
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Hedel, Hubertus J. A. van, Markus Wirz, & Volker Dietz. (2005). Assessing walking ability in subjects with spinal cord injury: Validity and reliability of 3 walking tests. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 86(2). 190–196. 379 indexed citations
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Colombo, Giorgio, Markus Wirz, & Volker Dietz. (1998). Effect of Locomotor Training Related to Clinical and Electrophysiological Examinations in Spinal Cord Injured Humans. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 860(1). 536–538. 19 indexed citations
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Dietz, Volker, Markus Wirz, Giorgio Colombo, & Armin Curt. (1998). Locomotor capacity and recovery of spinal cord function in paraplegic patients: a clinical and electrophysiological evaluation. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Electromyography and Motor Control. 109(2). 140–153. 70 indexed citations
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Dietz, Volker, Markus Wirz, & Lars Christian Jensen. (1997). Locomotion in Patients With Spinal Cord Injuries. Physical Therapy. 77(5). 508–516. 49 indexed citations

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