Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 77k research works in it since 1950. 16.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the global burden, measurement properties, and management of chronic pain, with a specific emphasis on low back pain. It includes studies on the prevalence, incidence, and impact of chronic pain, as well as the development and validation of measurement instruments and clinical guidelines for its assessment and treatment.
- Chronic Pain
- Global Burden
- Disability
- Measurement Properties
- Health Status Questionnaires
- Low Back Pain
- Psychological Factors
- Clinical Trials
- Epidemiology
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Research works
- 77k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 13k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +24% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.1k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 3.1k works
- 2 China 1.1k works
- 3 India 935 works
- 4 United Kingdom 738 works
- 5 Türkiye 598 works
- 6 Canada 577 works
- 7 Australia 566 works
- 8 Germany 561 works
- 9 Brazil 548 works
- 10 Japan 538 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Cairo University publishes the most Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation research, followed by The University of Sydney and Harvard University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Cairo UniversityEgypt 58 works
- 2 The University of SydneyAustralia 48 works
- 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 42 works
- 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 38 works
- 5 University of Southern DenmarkDenmark 37 works
- 6 University of FloridaUnited States 35 works
- 7 The University of QueenslandAustralia 35 works
- 8 Physiotherapy New ZealandNew Zealand 35 works
- 9 University of MichiganUnited States 34 works
- 10 University of WashingtonUnited States 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation include Andrea C. Tricco, Roger Chou and Isabelle Boutron.
- 1 Andrea C. Tricco Canada 18k citations
- 2 Roger Chou United States 14k citations
- 3 Isabelle Boutron France 14k citations
- 4 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
- 5 Louisa Degenhardt Australia 5.7k citations
- 6 Wilmar B. Schaufeli Netherlands 5.3k citations
- 7 Rahman Shiri Finland 5.3k citations
- 8 Francesco Saverio Violante Italy 5.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation research done?
The largest centres of Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Tehran (Iran), Seoul (South Korea) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Camperdown.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- CamperdownAU · 30.5 works32×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation?
Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai University of Sport, Riphah International University and German Sport University Cologne score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai University of SportChina | 67.6 | 41.6% | 10.7× | 10 | +176.1% |
| 2 | Riphah International UniversityPakistan | 58.4 | 2.7% | 13.6× | 29 | +213.6% |
| 3 | German Sport University CologneGermany | 55.5 | 14.5% | 14.0× | 12 | +262.5% |
| 4 | Universidad Europea de MadridSpain | 55.4 | 25.6% | 14.5× | 13 | — |
| 5 | Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w KatowicachPoland | 55.2 | 28.5% | 42.2× | 10 | +76.0% |
| 6 | Università Campus Bio-MedicoItaly | 53.8 | 24.2% | 10.3× | 11 | +75.6% |
| 7 | University of Southern DenmarkDenmark | 53.6 | 15.4% | 7.5× | 37 | +44.8% |
| 8 | Cairo UniversityEgypt | 52.5 | 5.4% | 4.8× | 58 | +209.2% |
| 9 | The University of SydneyAustralia | 51.1 | 25.9% | 3.2× | 48 | +49.9% |
| 10 | University of LahorePakistan | 50.9 | 3.1% | 11.9× | 32 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.