Kurt Spindler is a Musculoskeletal physician affiliated with Cleveland Clinic. OpenAlex indexes 469 publications with 22,891 citations (h-index 82); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9 registered studies matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Sports Medicine profiles in the FindMyKOL directory.
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Publications indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID. Counts exclude supporting files.
Citations across these publications.
H-index from these publications.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingClinical trials
- Non-Narcotic Pain Control After ACL Reconstruction
Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
- A Comparison of ACL Repair With BEAR Device vs. Autograft Patellar Tendon ACL Reconstruction
Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
- Economic and Functional Impact of Peri-Operative Bracing for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
NIH funding
6 NIH research awards on record, funded 2015–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Clinical Scholars Career Development Program (CSCDP)
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com-Cwru
FY2026$30,000R13AR083805 - Clinical Scholars Career Development Program (CSCDP)
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com-Cwru
FY2025$30,000R13AR083805 - BEAR-MOON: A Two Arm Noninferiority Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing ACL Repair with BEAR Device vs. Standard of Care Autograft Patellar Tendon ACL Reconstruction
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com-Cwru
FY2024$1,115,246R01AR074131
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
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