Peter Kent

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Kent is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Kent has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Pharmacology, 59 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 23 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Peter Kent's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (106 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (59 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (22 papers). Peter Kent is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (106 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (59 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (22 papers). Peter Kent collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Denmark and United Kingdom. Peter Kent's co-authors include Jennifer L. Keating, Alice Kongsted, Robert Laird, H Albert, Peter O’Sullivan, Anne Smith, Jenny Keating, Peter Malliaras, Jill Cook and Claus Manniche and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Peter Kent

129 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Comparing lumbo-pelvic kinematics in people with and without back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2014 307 citations Robert Laird, Peter Kent et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders profile →
Cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain (RESTORE): a randomised, controlled, three-arm, parallel group, phase 3, clinical trial

2023 100 citations Peter Kent, Terry Haines et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Kent Australia	42	3.6k	1.5k	927	739	665	133	5.1k
Luciana Macedo Canada	26	3.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	896 1.0×	691 0.9×	400 0.6×	101	4.5k
Francisco M. Kovacs Spain	34	4.9k 1.4×	2.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	601 0.9×	92	6.0k
Jennifer L. Keating Australia	46	2.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	909 1.2×	466 0.7×	137	6.2k
Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa Brazil	31	2.7k 0.7×	872 0.6×	710 0.8×	454 0.6×	382 0.6×	79	3.9k
Michiel F. Reneman Netherlands	39	3.3k 0.9×	837 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	801 1.1×	454 0.7×	259	5.4k
Rafael Zambelli Pinto Brazil	33	2.4k 0.7×	892 0.6×	722 0.8×	640 0.9×	316 0.5×	144	4.8k
Bruce F. Walker Australia	36	3.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	818 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	283 0.4×	203	6.4k
J. Bart Staal Netherlands	42	4.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.9k 2.6×	816 1.2×	186	8.8k
Claus Manniche Denmark	45	5.2k 1.5×	3.3k 2.2×	944 1.0×	1.6k 2.1×	452 0.7×	130	6.7k
Mariëlle E. J. B. Goossens Netherlands	34	4.0k 1.1×	644 0.4×	1.8k 2.0×	792 1.1×	774 1.2×	89	6.3k

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Chang, Ruth, Amity Campbell, Peter Kent, et al.. (2025). Relationships Between Changes in Forward Bending, Pain Catastrophizing, and Pain Self-Efficacy During Cognitive Functional Therapy for People With Chronic Low Back Pain. Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. 55(4). 284–294. 1 indexed citations

Holopainen, Riikka, et al.. (2025). Physiotherapists’ delivery of cognitive functional therapy in clinical practice: perceived facilitators and barriers from a socioecological perspective. Disability and Rehabilitation. 47(26). 7010–7022. 1 indexed citations

Hancock, Mark J., Anne Smith, Peter O’Sullivan, et al.. (2024). Patients with worse disability respond best to cognitive functional therapy for chronic low back pain: a pre-planned secondary analysis of a randomised trial. Journal of physiotherapy. 70(4). 294–301. 2 indexed citations

Beales, Darren, Peter Kent, Michelle Kendell, et al.. (2021). Only one fifth of young Australian adults have beliefs about medical imaging for low back pain that align with current evidence: A cross-sectional study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 56. 102460–102460. 6 indexed citations

Kongsted, Alice, et al.. (2020). The Danish Chiropractic Low Back Pain Cohort (ChiCo): Description and Summary of an Available Data Source for Research Collaborations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

Cañeiro, J.P., Ewa M. Roos, Christian J. Barton, et al.. (2020). Infographic. Roadmap to managing a person with musculoskeletal pain irrespective of body region. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 54(9). 554–555. 2 indexed citations

Rabey, Martin, Anne Smith, Peter Kent, et al.. (2019). Chronic low back pain is highly individualised: patterns of classification across three unidimensional subgrouping analyses. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 19(4). 743–753. 33 indexed citations

Kent, Peter, Peter O’Sullivan, Anne Smith, et al.. (2019). RESTORE—Cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 9(8). e031133–e031133. 28 indexed citations

O’Neill, Søren, Tue Secher Jensen, & Peter Kent. (2019). Computerized quantification of pain drawings. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 20(1). 175–189. 9 indexed citations

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Campbell, Amity, et al.. (2018). CAN INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS BE USED TO VALIDLY MEASURE PELVIS AND THORAX MOTION DURING CRICKET BOWLING. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 36(1). 350. 2 indexed citations

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Coenen, Pieter, Anne Smith, Peter Kent, et al.. (2018). The association of adolescent spinal-pain-related absenteeism with early adulthood work absenteeism: A six-year follow-up data from a population-based cohort. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 44(5). 521–529. 7 indexed citations

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Hancock, Mark J., Per Kjær, Peter Kent, Rikke Krüger Jensen, & Tue Secher Jensen. (2017). Is the Number of Different MRI Findings More Strongly Associated With Low Back Pain Than Single MRI Findings?. Spine. 42(17). 1283–1288. 17 indexed citations

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Slade, Susan C., Peter Kent, Tracey Bucknall, et al.. (2015). Barriers to primary care clinician adherence to clinical guidelines for the management of low back pain: protocol of a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. BMJ Open. 5(4). e007265–e007265. 25 indexed citations

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Kent, Peter, Margreth Grotle, Kate M. Dunn, H Albert, & Henrik Hein Lauridsen. (2015). Rasch analysis of the 23-item version of the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 47(4). 356–364. 15 indexed citations

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Laird, Robert, et al.. (2014). Comparing lumbo-pelvic kinematics in people with and without back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 15(1). 229–229. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pincus, Tamar, Peter Kent, Gert Brønfort, et al.. (2013). Twenty-Five Years With the Biopsychosocial Model of Low Back Pain—Is It Time to Celebrate? A Report From the Twelfth International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Spine. 38(24). 2118–2123. 172 indexed citations

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Jensen, Rikke Krüger, Tue Secher Jensen, Per Kjær, & Peter Kent. (2013). Can pathoanatomical pathways of degeneration in lumbar motion segments be identified by clustering MRI findings. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 14(1). 198–198. 10 indexed citations

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Kent, Peter, et al.. (2010). Does targeting manual therapy and/or exercise improve patient outcomes in nonspecific low back pain? A systematic review. BMC Medicine. 8(1). 22–22. 68 indexed citations

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Kent, Peter, Jennifer L. Keating, & Charlotte Leboeuf‐Yde. (2010). Research methods for subgrouping low back pain. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 10(1). 62–62. 86 indexed citations

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Kent, Peter, et al.. (1968). The search for the perfect swing : an account of the Golf Society of Great Britain scientific study. Heinemann eBooks. 14 indexed citations

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