# Erik Witvrouw

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/erik-witvrouw/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 19,710 |
| Field | Sports injuries and prevention |
| h-index | 76 |
| i10-index | 181 |
| Last Known Institution | Ghent University Hospital |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5064285192 |
| Works | 317 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 19.

- [2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern](https://scholariq.org/papers/2016-consensus-statement-on-return-to-sport-from-the-first-world-congress-in/)
- [Likelihood of ACL graft rupture: not meeting six clinical discharge criteria before return to sport is associated with a four times greater risk of rupture](https://scholariq.org/papers/likelihood-of-acl-graft-rupture-not-meeting-six-clinical-discharge-criteria/)
- [Muscle Flexibility as a Risk Factor for Developing Muscle Injuries in Male Professional Soccer Players](https://scholariq.org/papers/muscle-flexibility-as-a-risk-factor-for-developing-muscle-injuries-in-male/)
- [CT imaging of trunk muscles in chronic low back pain patients and healthy control subjects](https://scholariq.org/papers/ct-imaging-of-trunk-muscles-in-chronic-low-back-pain-patients-and-healthy/)
- [Intrinsic Risk Factors for the Development of Anterior Knee Pain in an Athletic Population: A Two-Year Prospective Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/intrinsic-risk-factors-for-the-development-of-anterior-knee-pain-in-an-athletic/)
- [Rehabilitation of Scapular Muscle Balance](https://scholariq.org/papers/rehabilitation-of-scapular-muscle-balance/)
- [Scapular Muscle Recruitment Patterns: Trapezius Muscle Latency with and without Impingement Symptoms](https://scholariq.org/papers/scapular-muscle-recruitment-patterns-trapezius-muscle-latency-with-and-without/)
- [Proprioception and Muscle Strength in Subjects With a History of Ankle Sprains and Chronic Instability.](https://scholariq.org/papers/proprioception-and-muscle-strength-in-subjects-with-a-history-of-ankle-sprains/)
- [Muscle strength and hop performance criteria prior to return to sports after ACL reconstruction](https://scholariq.org/papers/muscle-strength-and-hop-performance-criteria-prior-to-return-to-sports-after-acl/)
- [Trapezius activity and intramuscular balance during isokinetic exercise in overhead athletes with impingement symptoms](https://scholariq.org/papers/trapezius-activity-and-intramuscular-balance-during-isokinetic-exercise-in/)
- [Stretching and Injury Prevention](https://scholariq.org/papers/stretching-and-injury-prevention/)
- [Intrinsic Risk Factors for the Development of Patellar Tendinitis in an Athletic Population](https://scholariq.org/papers/intrinsic-risk-factors-for-the-development-of-patellar-tendinitis-in-an-athletic/)

## Researcher topics

- [Sports injuries and prevention](https://scholariq.org/topics/sports-injuries-and-prevention/)
- [Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies](https://scholariq.org/topics/lower-extremity-biomechanics-and-pathologies/)
- [Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques](https://scholariq.org/topics/knee-injuries-and-reconstruction-techniques/)
- [Shoulder Injury and Treatment](https://scholariq.org/topics/shoulder-injury-and-treatment/)
- [Sports Performance and Training](https://scholariq.org/topics/sports-performance-and-training/)

## Researcher university

- [Ghent University Hospital](https://scholariq.org/institutions/ghent-university-hospital/)

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