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Netherlands
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
131
Citations
82207
World Ranking
2357
National Ranking
88

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Maurits W. van Tulder is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a specific emphasis on pharmacology, surgery, economics and econometrics, pathology and forensic medicine, and general health professions. The scientist's work covers a broad area of study centered on musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, health systems and economic evaluations, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, and clinical practice guidelines implementation.

Their scientific contributions include numerous papers published in notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, BMJ Open, BMC Health Services Research, Brain and Spine, and PLoS ONE. The scientist has published extensively on topics related to low back pain, sciatica, pharmacological treatments, and surgical techniques.

Notable recent publications are:

  • Low back pain should be considered a health and research priority in Brazil: Lost productivity and healthcare costs between 2012 to 2016, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy Versus Open Microdiscectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation, 2020, Spine
  • Full endoscopic versus open discectomy for sciatica: randomised controlled non-inferiority trial, 2022, BMJ
  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for acute low back pain, 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Pharmacological treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane Reviews, 2023, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Frequent collaborators in van Tulder's research include Johanna M. van Dongen, Judith E. Bosmans, Sidney M. Rubinstein, Raymond Ostelo, and Lisa Gregersen Oestergaard. These coauthors have contributed significantly to studies in related fields.

The main topics addressed in their research body are:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life
  • Spine and intervertebral disc pathology
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Shoulder injury and treatment
  • Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
  • Sports injuries and prevention

Van Tulder's interdisciplinary approach spans clinical, economic, and pharmacological perspectives on health conditions related to musculoskeletal disorders. This combination of expertise reflects in the variety of subfields covered, including pharmacology with 62 publications, surgery with 37 papers, and economics and econometrics with 34 contributions, among others.

Best Publications

  • What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

    Jan Hartvigsen;Mark J Hancock;Alice Kongsted;Quinette Louw

  • Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions.

    Nadine E Foster;Johannes R Anema;Dan Cherkin;Roger Chou

  • Updated method guidelines for systematic reviews in the cochrane collaboration back review group.

    Maurits van Tulder;Andrea Furlan;Claire Bombardier;Lex Bouter

  • European guidelines for the management of acute nonspecific low back pain in primary care

    Maurits van Tulder;Annette Becker;Trudy Bekkering;Alan Breen

  • 2009 updated method guidelines for systematic reviews in the Cochrane Back Review Group

    Andrea D. Furlan;Victoria Pennick;Claire Bombardier;Maurits van Tulder

  • An updated overview of clinical guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care

    Bart W. Koes;Maurits van Tulder;Chung-Wei Christine Lin;Luciana G Macedo

  • Diagnosis and treatment of low back pain

    B W Koes;M W van Tulder;S Thomas

  • Chapter 3. European guidelines for the management of acute nonspecific low back pain in primary care.

    Maurits van Tulder;Annette Becker;Trudy Bekkering;Alan Breen

  • Conservative treatment of acute and chronic nonspecific low back pain. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of the most common interventions.

    M. W. Van Tulder;B. W. Koes;L. M. Bouter

  • Exercise therapy for treatment of non-specific low back pain.

    J A Hayden;M W Van Tulder;A Malmivaara;B W Koes

  • Low back pain: a call for action

    Rachelle Buchbinder;Maurits van Tulder;Birgitta Öberg;Lucíola Menezes Costa

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: an updated overview

    Crystian B. Oliveira;Chris G. Maher;Rafael Z. Pinto;Adrian C. Traeger

  • Systematic Review: Strategies for Using Exercise Therapy To Improve Outcomes in Chronic Low Back Pain

    Jill A. Hayden;Maurits W. van Tulder;George Tomlinson

  • Behavioural treatment for chronic low-back pain

    Nicholas Henschke;Raymond W.J.G. Ostelo;Maurits W. van Tulder;Johan W.S. Vlaeyen

  • Exercise therapy for low‐back pain

    Maurits W. van Tulder;Antti Malmivaara;Rosmin Esmail;Bart W Koes

  • A Cost-Of-Illness Study of Back Pain in the Netherlands

    Maurits W. van Tulder;Bart W. Koes;Lex M. Bouter

  • Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

    Steven J Kamper;Steven J Kamper;A T Apeldoorn;A Chiarotto;R J E M Smeets

  • A systematic review on the effectiveness of physical and rehabilitation interventions for chronic non-specific low back pain

    Marienke van Middelkoop;Sidney M Rubinstein;Ton Kuijpers;Arianne P Verhagen

  • Clinical guidelines for the management of low back pain in primary care: an international comparison.

    Bart W. Koes;Maurits W. Van Tulder;Raymond Ostelo;A. Kim Burton

  • Meta-Analysis: Exercise Therapy for Nonspecific Low Back Pain

    Jill A. Hayden;Maurits W. van Tulder;Antti V. Malmivaara;Bart W. Koes

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart W. Koes
Bart W. Koes Erasmus University Rotterdam
Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo
Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Judith E. Bosmans
Judith E. Bosmans Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Christopher G. Maher
Christopher G. Maher University of Sydney
Henrica C.W. de Vet
Henrica C.W. de Vet University of Amsterdam
Lex M. Bouter
Lex M. Bouter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Willem van Mechelen
Willem van Mechelen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Arianne P. Verhagen
Arianne P. Verhagen University of Technology Sydney
Antti Malmivaara
Antti Malmivaara Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Harm W.J. van Marwijk
Harm W.J. van Marwijk Brighton and Sussex Medical School

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