Rob Smeets

26.4k citations
239 papers · 9.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 50

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Papers in

Rob Smeets

224 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis 2015 · 717 citations
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Rob Smeets
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  • Pharmacology 6.6k
  • Psychiatry and Mental health 3.0k
  • Occupational Therapy 660
  • Rehabilitation 1.1k
  • Medical Laboratory Technology 222
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Rob Smeets, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
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2 2006486
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Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain
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2014436
4 2008274
5 2014251
6 2010230
7 2008215
8 2011204
9 2011202
10 2009196
11 2009188
12 2008185
13 2012184
14 2013181
15 2006178
16 2011157
17 2010156
18 2013149
19 2008141
20 2010124

About Rob Smeets

Rob Smeets is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental health, Occupational Therapy and Medical Laboratory Technology, having authored 239 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (150 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (50 papers), Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (46 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (35 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (32 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (26 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (25 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmacology (6.6k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (3.0k citations), Occupational Therapy (660 citations), Rehabilitation (1.1k citations) and Medical Laboratory Technology (222 citations). Rob Smeets has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and Australia. Frequent co-authors include J. André Knottnerus, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen, Jeanine Verbunt, Raymond Ostelo, Steven J. Kamper, Arnold D.M. Kester, Albère Köke, Jaime Guzmán, Alessandro Chiarotto and Maurits W. van Tulder. Their work appears in journals such as European Journal of Pain, Disability and Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Pain and Pain Practice.

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