| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | International Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury | Spinal Cord | 1997 | 1,615 |
| 2 | The value of postural reduction in the initial management of closed injuries of the spine with paraplegia and tetraplegia | Spinal Cord | 1969 | 1,517 |
| 3 | Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury: trends and future implications | Spinal Cord | 2012 | 1,202 |
| 4 | Incidence, prevalence and epidemiology of spinal cord injury: what learns a worldwide literature survey? | Spinal Cord | 2006 | 918 |
| 5 | Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury as developed by the ICCP panel: spontaneous recovery after spinal cord injury and statistical power needed for therapeutic clinical trials | Spinal Cord | 2007 | 748 |
| 6 | The International Standards Booklet for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury | Spinal Cord | 1994 | 734 |
| 7 | The global map for traumatic spinal cord injury epidemiology: update 2011, global incidence rate | Spinal Cord | 2014 | 662 |
| 8 | Post-traumatic inflammation following spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord | 2003 | 551 |
| 9 | A prospective assessment of mortality in chronic spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord | 2005 | 543 |
| 10 | Survey of the needs of patients with spinal cord injury: impact and priority for improvement in hand function in tetraplegics | Spinal Cord | 2004 | 462 |
| 11 | Long-term exercise training in persons with spinal cord injury: effects on strength, arm ergometry performance and psychological well-being | Spinal Cord | 2003 | 434 |
| 12 | SCIM – spinal cord independence measure: a new disability scale for patients with spinal cord lesions | Spinal Cord | 1997 | 424 |
| 13 | Spasticity after spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord | 2005 | 415 |
| 14 | Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury (SCI) as developed by the ICCP panel: clinical trial outcome measures | Spinal Cord | 2007 | 403 |
| 15 | Long-term survival in spinal cord injury: a fifty year investigation | Spinal Cord | 1998 | 387 |
| 16 | Quality of life after spinal cord injury: a meta analysis of the effects of disablement components | Spinal Cord | 1997 | 379 |
| 17 | Mortality, morbidity, and psychosocial outcomes of persons spinal cord injured more than 20 years ago | Spinal Cord | 1992 | 370 |
| 18 | Spinal shock revisited: a four-phase model | Spinal Cord | 2004 | 361 |
| 19 | Laufband locomotion with body weight support improved walking in persons with severe spinal cord injuries | Spinal Cord | 1992 | 348 |
| 20 | Driven gait orthosis for improvement of locomotor training in paraplegic patients | Spinal Cord | 2001 | 348 |
| 21 | Skeletal muscle atrophy and increased intramuscular fat after incomplete spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord | 2007 | 324 |
| 22 | Psychological morbidity and spinal cord injury: a systematic review | Spinal Cord | 2009 | 319 |
| 23 | Autonomic dysreflexia | Spinal Cord | 1999 | 318 |
| 24 | Walking index for spinal cord injury (WISCI II): scale revision | Spinal Cord | 2001 | 316 |
| 25 | The value of intermittent catheterisation in the early management of traumatic paraplegia and tetraplegia | Spinal Cord | 1966 | 307 |
| 26 | Pain following spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord | 2001 | 306 |
| 27 | Major risk factors for pressure ulcers in the spinal cord disabled: a literature review | Spinal Cord | 1996 | 301 |
| 28 | Psychosocial issues in spinal cord injury: a review | Spinal Cord | 2012 | 296 |
| 29 | Evidence-based scientific exercise guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury: an update and a new guideline | Spinal Cord | 2018 | 289 |
| 30 | Pharmacological therapy of spinal cord injury during the acute phase | Spinal Cord | 2000 | 281 |
| 31 | Neurogenic bowel dysfunction score | Spinal Cord | 2006 | 277 |
| 32 | A multicenter international study on the Spinal Cord Independence Measure, version III: Rasch psychometric validation | Spinal Cord | 2007 | 275 |
| 33 | International Spinal Cord Injury Pain Classification: part I. Background and description | Spinal Cord | 2012 | 264 |
| 34 | Stepping-like movements in humans with complete spinal cord injury induced by epidural stimulation of the lumbar cord: electromyographic study of compound muscle action potentials | Spinal Cord | 2004 | 262 |
| 35 | Causes and costs of spinal cord injury in the United States | Spinal Cord | 1997 | 261 |
| 36 | A global map for traumatic spinal cord injury epidemiology: towards a living data repository for injury prevention | Spinal Cord | 2011 | 260 |
| 37 | Pain and dysesthesia in patients with spinal cord injury: A postal survey | Spinal Cord | 2001 | 259 |
| 38 | Spasticity-assessment: a review | Spinal Cord | 2006 | 259 |
| 39 | High dose methylprednisolone in the management of acute spinal cord injury – a systematic review from a clinical perspective | Spinal Cord | 2000 | 257 |
| 40 | Upper extremity pain after spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord | 1999 | 254 |
| 41 | The development of evidence-informed physical activity guidelines for adults with spinal cord injury | Spinal Cord | 2011 | 252 |
| 42 | The first 500 patients with sacral anterior root stimulator implants: general description | Spinal Cord | 1994 | 251 |
| 43 | Functional electrical stimulation after spinal cord injury: current use, therapeutic effects and future directions | Spinal Cord | 2008 | 250 |
| 44 | The effects of exercise training on physical capacity, strength, body composition and functional performance among adults with spinal cord injury: a systematic review | Spinal Cord | 2011 | 245 |
| 45 | Who wants to walk? Preferences for recovery after SCI: a longitudinal and cross-sectional study | Spinal Cord | 2008 | 244 |
| 46 | Oxidative stress in spinal cord injury and antioxidant-based intervention | Spinal Cord | 2012 | 239 |
| 47 | Long term adaptation to electrically induced cycle training in severe spinal cord injured individuals | Spinal Cord | 1997 | 233 |
| 48 | Quality of life, social participation, appraisals and coping post spinal cord injury: a review of four community samples | Spinal Cord | 2006 | 232 |
| 49 | Secondary conditions following spinal cord injury in a population-based sample | Spinal Cord | 1998 | 230 |
| 50 | Coronary heart disease in individuals with spinal cord injury: assessment of risk factors | Spinal Cord | 2008 | 228 |
