Stephen Ashford

1.6k total citations
84 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Stephen Ashford is a scholar working on Neurology, Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Ashford has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Neurology, 46 papers in Rehabilitation and 43 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Stephen Ashford's work include Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (53 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (45 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (43 papers). Stephen Ashford is often cited by papers focused on Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (53 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (45 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (43 papers). Stephen Ashford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and France. Stephen Ashford's co-authors include Lynne Turner‐Stokes, Mike Slade, Klemens Fheodoroff, Richard J. Siegert, Jorge Jacinto, Barbara Singer, Lorraine De Souza, Pascal Maisonobe, Ganesh Bavikatte and Ganesh Subramanian and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Ashford

70 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Ashford United Kingdom	20	646	590	509	125	111	84	1.1k
Barbara Singer Australia	18	460 0.7×	397 0.7×	320 0.6×	104 0.8×	60 0.5×	52	893
Edith H. C. Cup Netherlands	18	225 0.3×	493 0.8×	489 1.0×	206 1.6×	159 1.4×	57	1.4k
R Curless United Kingdom	10	584 0.9×	463 0.8×	435 0.9×	110 0.9×	81 0.7×	14	1.1k
Christina Brogårdh Sweden	23	393 0.6×	757 1.3×	543 1.1×	226 1.8×	337 3.0×	99	1.6k
Christine C. Chen United States	15	293 0.5×	483 0.8×	366 0.7×	129 1.0×	175 1.6×	23	1.2k
Jenny Freeman United Kingdom	15	216 0.3×	216 0.4×	369 0.7×	133 1.1×	61 0.5×	29	1.1k
Susan M. Murray United States	11	372 0.6×	169 0.3×	636 1.2×	67 0.5×	83 0.7×	22	1.3k
V. Gautheron France	22	242 0.4×	182 0.3×	378 0.7×	351 2.8×	115 1.0×	84	1.3k
John D. Putzke United States	21	316 0.5×	133 0.2×	263 0.5×	142 1.1×	178 1.6×	52	1.4k
Joanne V. Glinsky Australia	20	122 0.2×	334 0.6×	347 0.7×	67 0.5×	68 0.6×	61	926

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Ashford, Stephen, et al.. (2025). A concise practical clinical guide to identifying spasticity in neurological shoulder dysfunction. Frontiers in Neurology. 15. 1440955–1440955.

Gibson, Jamie, et al.. (2025). Improving physiotherapists’ reasoning for planning rehabilitative treatment: A second-phase pilot study of a teaching intervention designed to promote uptake of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) in an acute rehabilitation hospital. Disability and Rehabilitation. 1–13.

Ashford, Stephen, Cherry Kilbride, & Kei Long Cheung. (2025). Understanding development of contractures in people with stroke: formulation of a logic-model to inform care and prevention. Disability and Rehabilitation. 47(22). 5885–5891.

Hill, Bridget, et al.. (2025). Development of a core outcome set for the assessment of spasticity in adults: a study protocol. Trials. 26(1). 567–567.

Esquenazi, Alberto, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal Goal Attainment With Repeat Injections of AbobotulinumtoxinA in Adults With Lower Limb Spasticity: Results From a Prospective Observational Study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 106(6). 894–901. 2 indexed citations

Russell, Anne‐Marie, et al.. (2023). Patient research priority setting partnership in human T‐cell lymphotropic virus type I. Health Expectations. 26(6). 2418–2427. 1 indexed citations

Esquenazi, Alberto, et al.. (2023). Clinical presentation of patients with lower limb spasticity undergoing routine treatment with botulinum toxin: baseline findings from an international observational study. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 55. jrm4257–jrm4257. 5 indexed citations

Ashford, Stephen, Gary Morris, & Mike Smith. (2023). Ultrasound image guided injection of botulinum toxin for the management of spasticity: A Delphi study to develop recommendations for a scope of practice, competency, and governance framework. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 100299–100299. 1 indexed citations

Hill, Bridget, Barbara Singer, Stephen Ashford, et al.. (2022). Do randomised controlled trials evaluating functional outcomes following botulinum neurotoxin-A align with focal spasticity guidelines? A systematic review. Disability and Rehabilitation. 44(26). 8515–8523. 4 indexed citations

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Mills, Patricia, Michał Schinwelski, Stephen Ashford, et al.. (2022). Worldwide Survey of Clinician Practice on use of Adjunctive Therapies Following Botulinum Toxin Injection for Spasticity. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 54. jrm00320–jrm00320. 8 indexed citations

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Turner‐Stokes, Lynne, Klemens Fheodoroff, Jorge Jacinto, et al.. (2021). The spasticity-related quality of life 6-dimensions instrument in upper-limb spasticity: A first psychometric evaluation. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 54. jrm00243–jrm00243. 1 indexed citations

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Turner‐Stokes, Lynne, Klemens Fheodoroff, Jorge Jacinto, et al.. (2021). The spasticity-related quality of life 6-dimensions instrument in upper-limb spasticity: Development and responsiveness. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 54. jrm00244–jrm00244. 3 indexed citations

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Williams, Gavin, Barbara Singer, Stephen Ashford, et al.. (2020). A synthesis and appraisal of clinical practice guidelines, consensus statements and Cochrane systematic reviews for the management of focal spasticity in adults and children. Disability and Rehabilitation. 44(4). 509–519. 23 indexed citations

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Turner‐Stokes, Lynne, et al.. (2018). Relief of spasticity-related pain with botulinum neurotoxin-A (bont-A) in real life practice. Post-hoc analysis from a large international cohort series. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 61. e67–e68. 4 indexed citations

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Turner‐Stokes, Lynne, et al.. (2016). Impact of integrated upper limb spasticity management including botulinum toxin A on patient-centred goal attainment: rationale and protocol for an international prospective, longitudinal cohort study (ULIS-III). BMJ Open. 6(6). e011157–e011157. 26 indexed citations

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Lannin, Natasha A., et al.. (2015). A systematic review protocol to evaluate the psychometric properties of measures of function within adult neuro-rehabilitation. Systematic Reviews. 4(1). 86–86. 5 indexed citations

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Ashford, Stephen, Diana Jackson, & Lynne Turner‐Stokes. (2014). Goal setting, using goal attainment scaling, as a method to identify patient selected items for measuring arm function. Physiotherapy. 101(1). 88–94. 14 indexed citations

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Ashford, Stephen, Mike Slade, & Lynne Turner‐Stokes. (2013). Conceptualisation and development of the arm activity measure (ArmA) for assessment of activity in the hemiparetic arm. Disability and Rehabilitation. 35(18). 1513–1518. 36 indexed citations

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Ashford, Stephen & Lynne Turner‐Stokes. (2013). Systematic Review of Upper‐limb Function Measurement Methods in Botulinum Toxin Intervention for Focal Spasticity. Physiotherapy Research International. 18(3). 178–189. 24 indexed citations

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Ashford, Stephen, et al.. (2010). Poster 435: A UK Pilot for a Large International Prospective Cohort Analysis of the Use of Botulinum Toxin A (BoNT‐A) in Upper Limb Spasticity. PM&R. 2(9S). 3 indexed citations

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