Rainer Abel

2.8k citations

88 papers · 1.8k indexed · h-index 24

Impact in

Pathology and Forensic Medicine top 1%
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Rehabilitation top 2%
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Papers in ⓘ

Pathology and Forensic Medicine 54
- Spinal Cord Injury Research 45
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology 10
Rehabilitation 18
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery 17

Co-authors: Armin Curt (25 shared papers)Hans Jürgen Gerner (10 shared papers)Norbert Weidner (27 shared papers)Rüdiger Rupp (23 shared papers)Thomas Meiners (9 shared papers)Doris Maier (21 shared papers)Anja Winter (1 shared paper)Wiltrud Richter (1 shared paper)
Journals: Spinal Cord (20 papers)Neurorehabilitation and neural repair (11 papers)European Spine Journal (3 papers)Gait & Posture (3 papers)Journal of Neurotrauma (3 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Switzerland United States

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Rainer Abel

80 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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1	Induction of Intervertebral Disc–Like Cells From Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells Stem Cells ·Eric Steck, Helge Bertram, Rainer Abel, Bohua Chen, Anja Winter, Wiltrud Richter	2005	205
2	A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Transanal Irrigation Versus Conservative Bowel Management in Spinal Cord–Injured Patients Gastroenterology ·Peter Christensen, Gabriele Bazzocchi, Maureen Coggrave, Rainer Abel, Claes Hultling, Klaus Krogh, S. Media, Søren Laurberg	2006	185
3	First-in-Man Intrathecal Application of Neurite Growth-Promoting Anti-Nogo-A Antibodies in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Neurorehabilitation and neural repair ·Klaus Kucher, Donald R. Johns, Doris Maier, Rainer Abel, Andreas Badke, Hagen Baron, Roland Thietje, Steven Casha, Renate Ch. Meindl, Baltazar Gomez‐Mancilla, C. Pfister, Rüdiger Rupp, Norbert Weidner, Anis K. Mir, Martin E. Schwab, Armin Curt	2018	124
4	Repeated botulinum‐A toxin injections in the treatment of myelodysplastic children and patients with spinal cord injuries with neurogenic bladder dysfunction British Journal of Urology ·Michael Akbar, Rainer Abel, Thorsten M. Seyler, Hans Jürgen Gerner, K. Möhring	2007	68
5	Gait analysis does not correlate with clinical and MR imaging parameters in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders ·Felix Zeifang, Marcus Schiltenwolf, Rainer Abel, Babak Moradi	2008	67
6	Prediction of Bladder Outcomes after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Longitudinal Cohort Study PLoS Medicine ·Chiara Pavese, Marc P. Schneider, Martin Schubert, Armin Curt, Giorgio Scivoletto, Enrico Finazzi Agrò, Ulrich Mehnert, Doris Maier, Rainer Abel, Frank Röhrich, Norbert Weidner, Rüdiger Rupp, Alfons G.H. Kessels, Lucas M. Bachmann, Thomas M. Kessler	2016	59
7	Identifying Homogeneous Subgroups in Neurological Disorders Neurorehabilitation and neural repair ·Lorenzo G. Tanadini, John D. Steeves, Torsten Hothorn, Rainer Abel, Doris Maier, Martin Schubert, Norbert Weidner, Rüdiger Rupp, Armin Curt	2014	54
8	Resection of heterotopic ossification of the hip in spinal cord injured patients Spinal Cord ·Thomas Meiners, Rainer Abel, Volker Böhm, Hans Jürgen Gerner	1997	49
9	Residual deformity of the spinal canal in patients with traumatic paraplegia and secondary changes of the spinal cord Spinal Cord ·Rainer Abel, Hans Jürgen Gerner, C. Smit, Thomas Meiners	1999	49
10	Outcome Of Transanal Irrigation For Bowel Dysfunction 1N Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine ·Peter Christensen, Gabriele Bazzocchi, Maureen Coggrave, Rainer Abel, Claes Hulting, Klaus Krogh, S. Media, Søren Laurberg	2008	47
11	Validation of the walking index for spinal cord injury in a US and European clinical population Spinal Cord ·John F. Ditunno, Giorgio Scivoletto, M Patrick, Fin Biering‐Sørensen, Rainer Abel, Ralph J. Marino	2007	44
12	Tissue and serum concentrations of levofloxacin in orthopaedic patients International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents ·Heike von Baum, Susanne Gammelgaard Bøttcher, Rainer Abel, Hans Jürgen Gerner, H.‐G. Sonntag	2001	40
13	Reliability assessment of AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system and Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) for thoracolumbar spine injuries: results of a multicentre study European Spine Journal ·Rahul Kaul, Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Rainer Abel, Sagun Tuli, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Kali Dutta Das, Bibhudendu Mohapatra, Ankur Nanda, Gururaj Sangondimath, Murari Lal Bansal, Nishit Patel	2016	39
14	Postacute management of patients with spinal cord injury due to metastatic tumour disease: survival and efficacy of rehabilitation Spinal Cord ·Dominik Parsch, Ralf Mikut, Rainer Abel	2003	39
15	Cervical Spinal Cord Injury and Deglutition Disorders Dysphagia ·Rainer Abel, Silke Ruf, Bernhard Spahn	2004	39
16	Management and prognosis of acute traumatic cervical central cord syndrome: systematic review and Spinal Cord Society—Spine Trauma Study Group position statement European Spine Journal ·P. K. Karthik Yelamarthy, Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Gayatri Vishwakarma, P. Kluger, Ankur Nanda, Rainer Abel, Wee Fu Tan, Brian Gardner, Parijat Chandra, Sandip Chatterjee, Serdar Kahraman, Sait Naderi, Saumyajit Basu, François Theron	2019	38
17	Prediction and Stratification of Upper Limb Function and Self-Care in Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury With the Graded Redefined Assessment of Strength, Sensibility, and Prehension (GRASSP) Neurorehabilitation and neural repair ·Inge‐Marie Velstra, Marc Bolliger, Lorenzo G. Tanadini, Michael Baumberger, Rainer Abel, Johan S. Rietman, Armin Curt	2014	38
18	Changes in Strength, Sensation, and Prehension in Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Neurorehabilitation and neural repair ·Inge‐Marie Velstra, Armin Curt, Angela Frotzler, Rainer Abel, Sukhvinder Kalsi‐Ryan, Johan S. Rietman, Marc Bolliger	2015	33
19	Electrophysiological Multimodal Assessments Improve Outcome Prediction in Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Journal of Neurotrauma ·Markus Hupp, Chiara Pavese, Lucas M. Bachmann, René Koller, (unknown), Martin Schubert, Norbert Weidner, Henk van de Meent, Rainer Abel, Thomas Meiners, Carl Hans Fürstenberg, Doris Maier, Yorck-Bernhard Kalke, Klaus F. Röhl, Jesús Benito	2018	32
20	Improvements in activities of daily living following functional hand surgery for treatment of lesions to the cervical spinal cord: Self-assessment by patients Spinal Cord ·Thomas Meiners, Rainer Abel, K Lindel, U Mesecke	2002	29

About Rainer Abel

Rainer Abel is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Surgery and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 88 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (45 papers), Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (20 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (17 papers), Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (15 papers), Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations (13 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (11 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (1.0k citations), Rehabilitation (202 citations), Gastroenterology (143 citations), Urology (144 citations) and Rheumatology (326 citations). Rainer Abel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Frequent co-authors include Armin Curt, Hans Jürgen Gerner, Norbert Weidner, Rüdiger Rupp, Thomas Meiners, Doris Maier, Anja Winter, Wiltrud Richter, Eric Steck and Helge Bertram. Their work appears in journals such as Spinal Cord, Neurorehabilitation and neural repair, European Spine Journal, Gait & Posture and Journal of Neurotrauma.

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