Institute of Health Sciences

Research output

Research Output per year 1994 2015 2016 2020 2021 2022 2023 2025

• 5656 Citations
• 301 Journal articles
• 41 Scientific review articles
• 16 Comments/Debates
• 6 Chapter
• 18 More
  • 6 Editorial
  • 6 Letters
  • 2 Books
  • 2 Short survey
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Body Image Measured via the Fremantle Awareness Questionnaire in Individuals With and Without Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Budzisz, A., Jung, A., Adamczyk, W. M., Szikszay, T. M., Carvalho, G. F., Bąbel, P. & Luedtke, K., 08.2024, In: Journal of Pain. 25, 8, p. 104530 104530.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Meta Analysis 100%
  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Confidence Interval 66%
  • Pain Intensity 66%
  • Backache 66%

• Physical Therapist Interventions to Reduce Headache Intensity, Frequency, and Duration in Patients With Cervicogenic Headache: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

  Jung, A., Carvalho, G. F., Szikszay, T. M., Pawlowsky, V., Gabler, T. & Luedtke, K., 01.2024, In: Physical Therapy. 104, 2

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Headache 100%
  • Clinical Practice 20%
  • Cochrane Library 20%
  • PEDro 20%

• The effect of foam rolling on local and distant pain sensitivity assessed with pressure pain thresholds in healthy participants and musculoskeletal pain patients: A systematic review

  Habscheid, C., Szikszay, T. M. & Luedtke, K., 10.2024, In: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 40, p. 786-796 11 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Pressure Pain Threshold 100%
  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Standardized Mean Difference 100%
  • Nociception 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 100%
• 2023

  No Sufficient Evidence for an Immediate Hypoalgesic Effect of Spinal Manual Therapy on Pressure Pain Thresholds in Asymptomatic and Chronic Pain Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Jung, A., Adamczyk, W. M., Ahmed, A., Van Der Schalk, L., Poesl, M., Luedtke, K. & Szikszay, T. M., 01.03.2023, In: Physical Therapy. 103, 3, pzad003.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Meta Analysis 100%
  • Manipulative Medicine 100%
  • Pressure Pain Threshold 100%
  • Chronic Pain 100%
  • Placebo 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Psychometrische Eigenschaften von Fragebögen zur Erfassung evidenzbasierter Praxis bei Gesundheitsfachpersonen aus den Bereichen Ergotherapie, Physiotherapie und Logopädie: ein systematischer Review

  Translated title of the contribution: Psychometric properties of questionnaires to assess evidence-based practice among occupational, physical and speech therapists: A systematic reviewBalzer, J., Jung, A., Gerhard, J., Reinecke, S., Mijic, M., Fichtmüller, A., Jahjah, A., Eggert, M., Koch, M., Ernst, K. & Haring, R., 02.2023, In: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen. 176, p. 1-11 11 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Speech Language Pathologist 100%
  • Occupational Therapist 100%
  • Questionnaires 100%
  • Internal Consistency 66%
  • Procedure 33%

• Strategies to facilitate and tools to measure non-specific low back pain patients‘ adherence to physiotherapy - A two-stage systematic review

  Alt, A., Luomajoki, H. & Lüdtke, K., 07.2023, In: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 35, p. 208-219 12 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Low Back Pain 100%
  • Patient Compliance 100%
  • Scoping Review 100%
  • Independent Reviewer 33%
  • PEDro 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2022

  An Umbrella Review of Aphasia Intervention descriPtion In Research: the AsPIRE project

  Dipper, L. T., Franklin, S., de Aguiar, V., Baumgaertner, A., Brady, M., Best, W., Bruehl, S., Denes, G., Godecke, E., Gil, M., Kirmess, C., Markey, M., Meinzer, C., Mendez Orellana, M., Norvik, M., Nouwens, F., Rose, M. L., van de Sandt, M., Whitworth, A. & Visch-Brink, E. G., 2022, In: Aphasiology. 36, 4, p. 467-492 26 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Aphasia 100%
  • Umbrella Review 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 16%
  • Research Design 16%
  • Checklist 16%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Effectiveness of physiotherapy interventions on headache intensity, frequency, duration and quality of life of patients with tension-type headache. A systematic review and network meta-analysis

  Jung, A., Eschke, R. C., Struss, J., Taucher, W. & Luedtke, K., 08.2022, In: Cephalalgia. 42, 9, p. 944-965 22 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Headache 100%
  • Tension Headache 100%
  • Network Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Pain Intensity 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Postural control impairment in patients with headaches—A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Carvalho, G. F., Becnel, A. R., Miske, C., Szikszay, T. M., Adamczyk, W. M. & Luedtke, K., 03.2022, In: Headache. 62, 3, p. 241-270 30 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Migraine 100%
  • Headache 100%
  • Meta Analysis 100%
  • Stabilography 50%
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  Electromechanical-Assisted Training for Walking After Stroke: Update of the Evidence

  Mehrholz, J., Pohl, M., Kugler, J. & Elsner, B., 01.05.2021, In: Stroke. 52, 5, p. E153-E154

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Cochrane Library 28%
  • PEDro 28%
  • Embase 14%
  • Clinical Practice 14%
  • CINAHL 14%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Activities After Stroke: What Is the Updated Evidence?

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 01.07.2021, In: Stroke. 52, 7, p. E358-E359

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  • CINAHL 40%
  4 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke

  Mehrholz, J., Thomas, S., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Elsner, B., 22.10.2020, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020, 10, CD006185.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Confidence Interval 33%
  • CINAHL 22%
  • Cochrane Library 22%
  • Post Hoc Analysis 22%
  • PEDro 22%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Relief of pain due to uterine cramping/involution after birth

  Deussen, A. R., Ashwood, P., Martis, R., Stewart, F. & Grzeskowiak, L. E., 20.10.2020, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020, 10, CD004908.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Nonsteroid Antiinflammatory Agent 100%
  • Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug 100%
  • Placebo 92%
  • Confidence Interval 69%
  • Paracetamol 46%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Systematic review with network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of robotic-assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living and upper limb function after stroke

  Mehrholz, J., Pollock, A., Pohl, M., Kugler, J. & Elsner, B., 30.06.2020, In: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 17, 1, 83.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Randomized Controlled Trial 100%
  • Arm 100%
  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Upper Limb 100%
  • Network Meta-Analysis 100%
  59 Citations (Scopus)

• Task-oriented circuit training for mobility in outpatient stroke rehabilitation in germany and austria: A contextual transferability analysis

  Diermayr, G., Schomberg, M., Greisberger, A., Elsner, B., Gronwald, M. & Salbach, N. M., 01.08.2020, In: Physical Therapy. 100, 8, p. 1307-1322 16 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Outpatient 100%
  • Group Therapy 100%
  • Outcome Measure 100%
  • Practice Guideline 66%
  • Social Security 50%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning, in people after stroke

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 11.11.2020, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020, 11, CD009645.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Cognitive Functioning 100%
  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  • Standardized Mean Difference 50%
  63 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia after stroke: A systematic review with network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J. & Mehrholz, J., 08.07.2020, In: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 17, 1, 88.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Randomized Controlled Trial 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Aphasia 100%
  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  27 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  The Effectiveness of Mental Practice Interventions on Psychological Health in Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review

  Storm, V. & Utesch, T., 01.2019, In: Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity. 14, 1, 20190009.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Stroke Patient 100%
  • Self-Efficacy 14%
  • Meta-Analysis 14%
  • Qualitative Method 14%
  • Study Design 14%

• The Relationship Between Motor Competence and Physical Fitness from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood: A Meta-Analysis

  Utesch, T., Bardid, F., Büsch, D. & Strauss, B., 12.04.2019, In: Sports Medicine. 49, 4, p. 541-551 11 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Fitness 100%
  • Random Effects Model 14%

• Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 21.05.2019, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2019, 5, CD009760.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Aphasia 100%
  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Standardized Mean Difference 53%
  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Electromechanical and robot-assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living, arm function, and arm muscle strength after stroke

  Mehrholz, J., Pohl, M., Platz, T., Kugler, J. & Elsner, B., 03.09.2018, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2018, 9, CD006876.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Arm 100%
  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Arm Muscle 100%
  • Confidence Interval 66%
  • Cochrane Library 33%
  71 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke

  Mehrholz, J., Thomas, S., Werner, C., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Elsner, B., 10.05.2017, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017, 5, CD006185.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Confidence Interval 42%
  • Cochrane Library 28%
  • Post Hoc Analysis 28%
  • PEDro 28%
  • Embase 14%
  92 Citations (Scopus)

• Is body-weight-supported treadmill training or robotic-assisted gait training superior to overground gait training and other forms of physiotherapy in people with spinal cord injury? A systematic review

  Mehrholz, J., Harvey, L. A., Thomas, S. & Elsner, B., 01.08.2017, In: Spinal Cord. 55, 8, p. 722-729 8 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Body Weight 100%
  • Confidence Interval 66%
  75 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving capacity in activities and arm function after stroke: A network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

  Elsner, B., Kwakkel, G., Kugler, J. & Mehrholz, J., 13.09.2017, In: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 14, 1, 95.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Randomized Controlled Trial 100%
  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Network Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  99 Citations (Scopus)

• Treadmill training and body weight support for walking after stroke

  Mehrholz, J., Thomas, S. & Elsner, B., 17.08.2017, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017, 8, CD002840.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Body Weight 100%
  • Confidence Interval 60%
  • Cochrane Library 20%
  • Embase 10%
  • CINAHL 10%
  49 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for idiopathic Parkinson's disease

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 18.07.2016, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016, 7, CD010916.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Parkinson's Disease 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Random Effects Model 90%
  • Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale 25%
  46 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning, in people after stroke

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 21.03.2016, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2016, 3, CD009645.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Cognitive Functioning 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  • Random Effects Model 38%
  124 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial direct current stimulation for improving idiopathic Parkinson's syndrome. An abridged version of a Cochrane review

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 12.2016, In: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 52, 6, p. 902-906 5 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Parkinsonism 100%
  • Parkinson's Disease 100%
  • Confidence Interval 66%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial direct current stimulation for improving spasticity after stroke: A systematic review with meta-analysis

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 07.2016, In: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 48, 7, p. 565-570 6 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Spasticity 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Treadmill training for patients with Parkinson Disease. An abridged version of a Cochrane Review

  Mehrholz, J., Kugler, J., Storch, A., Pohl, M., Hirsch, K. & Elsner, B., 10.2016, In: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 52, 5, p. 704-713 10 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Confidence Interval 100%
  • Parkinson's Disease 100%
  • Cochrane Library 40%
  • Motor Dysfunction 25%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 25%
  31 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Physical rehabilitation for critical illness myopathy and neuropathy

  Mehrholz, J., Pohl, M., Kugler, J., Burridge, J., Mückel, S. & Elsner, B., 04.03.2015, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015, 3, CD010942.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Critical Illness 100%
  • Physical Rehabilitation 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 83%
  • Weakness 33%
  • PEDro 33%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in patients with aphasia after stroke

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 01.05.2015, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015, 5, CD009760.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Aphasia 100%
  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Speech and Language Rehabilitation 33%
  50 Citations (Scopus)

• Treadmill training for patients with Parkinson's disease

  Mehrholz, J., Kugler, J., Storch, A., Pohl, M., Hirsch, K. & Elsner, B., 2015, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015, 9, CD007830.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Confidence Interval 100%
  • Parkinson's Disease 100%
  • Cochrane Library 40%
  • Attributable Risk 40%
  • Motor Dysfunction 25%
  73 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in patients after stroke

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 25.06.2013, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013, 6, CD009760.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  • Speech and Language Rehabilitation 40%
  • Cochrane Library 20%
  • Treatment Outcome 20%
  130 Citations (Scopus)

• Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving function and activities of daily living in patients after stroke

  Elsner, B., Kugler, J., Pohl, M. & Mehrholz, J., 15.11.2013, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013, 11, CD009645.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 100%
  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Accident 100%
  • Confidence Interval 75%
  130 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Transcranial direct current stimulation for the reduction of clinical and experimentally induced pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Luedtke, K., Rushton, A., Wright, C., Geiss, B., Juergens, T. P. & May, A., 06.2012, In: Clinical Journal of Pain. 28, 5, p. 452-461 10 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Meta Analysis 100%
  • Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation 100%
  • Chronic Pain 100%
  • Experimental Pain 100%
  • Meta-Analysis 100%
• 2011

  Analgesia for relief of pain due to uterine cramping/involution after birth.

  Deussen, A. R., Ashwood, P. & Martis, R., 2011, In: Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online). 5, p. CD004908

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Placebo 100%
  • Pain Intensity 70%
  • Nonsteroid Antiinflammatory Agent 60%
  • Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug 60%
  • Confidence Interval 50%
  47 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Intensives sprachtraining bei aphasie. Einfluss kognitiver faktoren

  Translated title of the contribution: Intense language training for aphasia. Contribution of cognitive factorsBreitenstein, C., Kramer, K., Meinzer, M., Baumgärtner, A., Flöel, A. & Knecht, S., 02.2009, In: Nervenarzt. 80, 2, p. 149-154 6 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Aphasia 100%
  • Cognitive Factor 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Accident 75%
  • Memory Consolidation 25%
  • Cognitive Deficit 25%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Kindliche Aussprachestörungen unklarer Genese. Erwerb, Diagnostik und Therapie

  Translated title of the contribution: Childhood speech disorders. Acquisition, assessment and interventionFox-Boyer, A. V. & Gumpert, M., 01.2009, In: Padiatrische Praxis. 73, 1, p. 17-27 11 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Clinical Population 100%
  • Speech Acquisition 100%
• 2007

  On the use of medical records for characterizing brain lesions

  Blake, M. L. & Baumgaertner, A., 12.2007, In: Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology. 15, 4, p. 357-370 14 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  • Brain Lesion 100%
  • Communication Disorder 100%
  • Obtained Image 100%
  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 50%
  • Brain Injury 50%
• 1998

  Clinical Value of Online Measures for Adults with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage

  Tompkins, C. A. & Baumgaertner, A., 02.1998, In: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 7, 1, p. 68-74 7 p.

  Research output: Journal Articles › Scientific review articles › Research

  23 Citations (Scopus)