Top 20 cited Spine Journal articles, 1990-2009

Table 1 Top 20 cited papers in the spine journal, 1990-2009

Rank	Ref.	Title	Number of citations
1	Ware et al[23]	SF-36 health survey update	491
2	Bigos et al[24]	A prospective study of work perceptions and psychological factors affecting the report of back injury	460
3	Deyo et al[25]	Outcome measures for low back pain research - A proposal for standardized use	432
4	Hodges et al[28]	Inefficient muscular stabilization of the lumbar spine associated with low back pain - A motor control evaluation of transversus abdominis	388
5	Banwart et al[29]	Iliac crest bone-graft harvest donor site morbidity- A statistical evaluation	384
6	Zdeblick et al[30]	A prospective, randomized study of lumbar fusion – preliminary results	376
7	Beaton et al[31]	Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures	364
8	Buckwalter et al[32]	Spine update- Aging and degeneration of the human intervertebral disc	358
9	Spitzer et al[33]	Scientific monograph of the Quebec task-force on whiplash-associated disorders-Redefining whiplash and its management	348
10	Garfin et al[34]	New technologies in spine - Kyphoplasty and vertebrosplasty for the treatment of painful osteoporotic compression fractures	335
11	Lieberman et al[35]	Initial outcome and efficacy of “kyphoplasty” in the treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures	330
12	Barr et al[36]	Percutaneous vertebroplasty for pain relief and spinal stabilization	328
13	Patrick et al[37]	Assessing health-related quality-of-life in patients with sciatica	311
14	O'Sullivan et al[38]	Evaluation of specific stabilizing exercise in the treatment of chronic low back pain with radiologic diagnosis of spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis	299
15	Marras et al[39]	The role of dynamic 3-dimensial trunk motion in occupationally-related low back disorders- The effects of workplace factors, trunk position, and trunk motion characteristics on risk of injury	289
16	Klenerman et al[27]	The prediction of chronicity in patients with an acute attack of low-back pain in a general-practice setting	287
17	Olmarker et al[40]	Autologous nucleus pulposus induces neurophysiologic and histologic changes in porcine cauda-equina nerve roots	282
18	Fritzell et al[41]	2001 Volvo Award winner in clinical studies: Lumbar fusion versus nonsurgical treatment for chronic low back pain - A multicenter randomized controlled trial from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group	268
18	Thompson et al[42]	Preliminary evaluation of a scheme for grading the gross morphology of the human intervertebral disk	268
20	Bovim et al[43]	Neck pain in the general population	267