Peter O’Sullivan

25.3k citations

365 papers · 17.3k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 68

Pharmacology top 0.01%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation 288
Medical Laboratory Technology top 0.02%
Occupational Therapy top 0.01%
- Occupational Health and Performance 58
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine top 0.2%
- Sports injuries and prevention 35
Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 0.1%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology 67
Psychiatry and Mental health
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research 46
Cognitive Neuroscience
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect 45
Social Psychology
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders 44
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Pregnancy-related medical research 37

Co-authors: Leon Straker Anne Smith Angus Burnett Wim Dankaerts Kieran O’Sullivan Darren Beales Lance Twomey Garry T. Allison
Cited by: Pharmacology Medical Laboratory Technology Occupational Therapy
Journals: Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (22 papers)Spine (16 papers)Physical Therapy (15 papers)
Partner nations: Australia Ireland Belgium

In The Last Decade

Peter O’Sullivan

355 papers receiving 16.4k 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.

2023 The Lancet
2019 British Journal of Sports Medicine
2018 Physical Therapy
2015 Journal of physiotherapy
2005 Manual Therapy
1997 Spine

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1	What informs the choices young people living with chronic musculoskeletal pain make about their care? A qualitative analysis of focus groups with young people in Australia Disability and Rehabilitation ·Jason Chua,Helen Slater,Samantha Rowbotham,闫守轩,Susan M. Lord,Peter O’Sullivan,Yoko Yoshioka,Anne Smith,Jennifer Stinson,Paul Hansen,Andrew M. Briggs	2025	0
2	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 ·Mark J. Hancock,Anne Smith,Peter O’Sullivan,Robert Schütze,J.P. Cañeiro,Jan Hartvigsen,Kieran O’Sullivan,Alison H. McGregor,Terry Haines,Alistair Vickery,Amity Campbell,Peter Kent	2024	2
3	Introducing Australia's clinical care standard for low back pain ANZ Journal of Surgery ·Christopher G. Maher,A. Silva,Rachelle Buchbinder,Simon French,Julia Morphet,Michael K. Nicholas,Peter O’Sullivan,Marie Pirotta,Michael Yelland,G. V. Shchurina,Nivene Saad,Vimala Imogen P,Alice L Bhasale,杨华东	2023	1
4	Physiotherapists’ validating and invalidating communication before and after participating in brief cognitive functional therapy training. Test of concept study European Journal of Physiotherapy ·Riikka Holopainen,Andrew Hansen,Dae-jin Park,Esra Margaret Singal,Jaro Karppinen,Peter O’Sullivan,Steven J. Linton	2021	9
5	Infographic. Roadmap to managing a person with musculoskeletal pain irrespective of body region British Journal of Sports Medicine ·J.P. Cañeiro,Ewa M. Roos,Christian J. Barton,Kieran O’Sullivan,Peter Kent,Ivan Lin,Peter Choong,Kay M. Crossley,Jan Hartvigsen,Anne Smith,Ted Keunsil Kang,Peter O’Sullivan	2020	2
6	How do physiotherapists solicit and explore patients’ concerns in back pain consultations: a conversation analytic approach Physiotherapy Theory and Practice ·Siti Kholisatul Munawaroh,Alison H. McGregor,Peter O’Sullivan,Kieran O’Sullivan,Tsaichen Yang,Veronika Schoeb,Ged Murtagh	2019	20
7	Associations of physical activity or sedentary behaviour with pain sensitivity in young adults of the Raine Study Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·Robert Waller,Anne Smith,Helen Slater,Peter O’Sullivan,Darren Beales,Joanne McVeigh,Leon Straker	2019	5
8	Chronic low back pain is highly individualised: patterns of classification across three unidimensional subgrouping analyses Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·Martin Rabey,Anne Smith,Peter Kent,Darren Beales,Helen Slater,Peter O’Sullivan	2019	33
9	The predictive ability of the STarT Back Tool was limited in people with chronic low back pain: a prospective cohort study Journal of physiotherapy ·Michelle Kendell,Darren Beales,Peter O’Sullivan,Martin Rabey,Jonathan Hill,Anne Smith	2018	27
10	Evaluation of implicit associations between back posture and safety of bending and lifting in people without pain Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·J.P. Cañeiro,Peter O’Sullivan,Ottmar V. Lipp,Mai Ezz,Geoffrey Ocen,Nambiar OG Balakrishnan,H. S. Tan,В.А. Гусаров,Anne Smith	2018	40
11	Correlations between the active straight leg raise, sleep and somatosensory sensitivity during pregnancy with post-partum lumbopelvic pain: an initial exploration Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·Darren Beales,Fattah Soroush,健夫桑名,Robyn Fary,Peter O’Sullivan,Helen Slater,Thomas Graven‐Nielsen,Þorvaldur Skúli Pálsson	2018	5
12	STarT Back Tool risk stratification is associated with changes in movement profile and sensory discrimination in low back pain: A study of 290 patients European Journal of Pain ·Martin Rabey,Michelle Kendell,Bingyi Wang,Yang Ren-mi,Sanjeeva Srivastava S,Yue Liu,Peter O’Sullivan,Anne Smith,Darren Beales	2018	15
13	Implicit evaluations and physiological threat responses in people with persistent low back pain and fear of bending Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·J.P. Cañeiro,Peter O’Sullivan,Anne Smith,G. Lorimer Moseley,Ottmar V. Lipp	2017	38
14	Pain provocation following sagittal plane repeated movements in people with chronic low back pain: Associations with pain sensitivity and psychological profiles Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·Martin Rabey,Anne Smith,Darren Beales,Helen Slater,Peter O’Sullivan	2017	19
15	Pressure and cold pain threshold reference values in a large, young adult, pain-free population Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·Robert Waller,Anne Smith,Peter O’Sullivan,Helen Slater,Michele Sterling,Joanne McVeigh,Leon Straker	2016	40
16	Association between the 10 item Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire and physiotherapists' perception of the contribution of biopsychosocial factors in patients with musculoskeletal pain Manual Therapy ·Darren Beales,Michelle Kendell,于建明,Anna Buccino,BC Vemuri,Thayná Gomes,Peter O’Sullivan	2016	28
17	Reliability of pressure pain threshold testing in healthy pain free young adults Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·Robert Waller,Leon Straker,Peter O’Sullivan,Michele Sterling,Anne Smith	2015	65
18	Specific flexion-related low back pain and sitting: comparison of seated discomfort on two different chairs Ergonomics ·Mary O’Keeffe,Wim Dankaerts,Peter O’Sullivan,Leonard O’Sullivan,Kieran O’Sullivan	2013	40
19	Spine ·Peter O’Sullivan,Angus Burnett,C. Loomis,S. J. Chen,R. G. Clabaugh,Daniel Miller,Steve Hepworth	2003	27
20	Lumbar Repositioning Deficit in a Specific Low Back Pain Population Spine ·Peter O’Sullivan,Angus Burnett,Н.А. Ольмезова,S. J. Chen,R. G. Clabaugh,Daniel Miller,Steve Hepworth	2003	285

About Peter O’Sullivan

Peter O’Sullivan is a scholar working on Occupational Therapy, Pharmacology, Medical Laboratory Technology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Pathology and Forensic Medicine, having authored 365 papers that have together received 17.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (288 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (67 papers), Occupational Health and Performance (58 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (46 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (45 papers), Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders (44 papers), Pregnancy-related medical research (37 papers) and Sports injuries and prevention (35 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacology (12.9k citations), Medical Laboratory Technology (889 citations), Occupational Therapy (2.2k citations), Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (2.5k citations) and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (3.7k citations). Peter O’Sullivan has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, Ireland and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Leon Straker, Anne Smith, Angus Burnett, Wim Dankaerts, Kieran O’Sullivan, Darren Beales, Lance Twomey, Garry T. Allison, Samantha Bunzli and Mary O’Keeffe. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Spine, Physical Therapy, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice and British Journal of Sports Medicine.

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