Piriformis syndrome

Piriformis syndrome - human medical condition affecting the sciatic nerve. Article “Piriformis syndrome” in English Wikipedia has 88.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 225 references and 16 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Piriformis syndrome” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Piriformis syndrome”, its content was written by 153 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 267 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 86 times in English Wikipedia and cited 231 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #33677 in October 2012
• Global: #47343 in May 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #13726 in August 2012
• Global: #26641 in August 2012

There are 16 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Piriformis syndrome		88.5714
2	Hebrew (he) תסמונת פיריפורמיס		50.3809
3	Ukrainian (uk) Синдром грушоподібного м'яза		43.9782
4	Serbian (sr) Piriformni sindrom		39.4464
5	Chinese (zh) 梨狀肌症候群		38.1001
6	Greek (el) Σύνδρομο απιοειδούς μυός		37.5534
7	Romanian (ro) Sindromul piriform		36.281
8	Spanish (es) Síndrome del piramidal		32.5201
9	Catalan (ca) Síndrome del piriforme		28.8168
10	Portuguese (pt) Síndrome do piriforme		27.0648

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Piriformis syndrome" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Piriformis syndrome		5 687 587
2	German (de) Piriformis-Syndrom		1 302 283
3	Japanese (ja) 梨状筋症候群		274 877
4	Spanish (es) Síndrome del piramidal		155 976
5	Arabic (ar) متلازمة الكمثرية		98 915
6	Portuguese (pt) Síndrome do piriforme		87 430
7	Greek (el) Σύνδρομο απιοειδούς μυός		64 958
8	Hebrew (he) תסמונת פיריפורמיס		50 293
9	Romanian (ro) Sindromul piriform		24 668
10	Ukrainian (uk) Синдром грушоподібного м'яза		22 019

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Piriformis syndrome" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Piriformis syndrome		15 494
2	German (de) Piriformis-Syndrom		6 977
3	Spanish (es) Síndrome del piramidal		4 806
4	French (fr) Syndrome du muscle piriforme		1 414
5	Chinese (zh) 梨狀肌症候群		1 263
6	Japanese (ja) 梨状筋症候群		639
7	Hebrew (he) תסמונת פיריפורמיס		601
8	Ukrainian (uk) Синдром грушоподібного м'яза		312
9	Greek (el) Σύνδρομο απιοειδούς μυός		297
10	Arabic (ar) متلازمة الكمثرية		245

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Piriformis syndrome" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Piriformis syndrome		153
2	German (de) Piriformis-Syndrom		27
3	Hebrew (he) תסמונת פיריפורמיס		18
4	Arabic (ar) متلازمة الكمثرية		12
5	Ukrainian (uk) Синдром грушоподібного м'яза		10
6	Greek (el) Σύνδρομο απιοειδούς μυός		7
7	Portuguese (pt) Síndrome do piriforme		6
8	Spanish (es) Síndrome del piramidal		5
9	Japanese (ja) 梨状筋症候群		5
10	Serbian (sr) Piriformni sindrom		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Piriformis syndrome" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Piriformis syndrome		2
2	French (fr) Syndrome du muscle piriforme		1
3	Arabic (ar) متلازمة الكمثرية		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Armudvarı əzələ sindromu		0
5	Catalan (ca) Síndrome del piriforme		0
6	German (de) Piriformis-Syndrom		0
7	Greek (el) Σύνδρομο απιοειδούς μυός		0
8	Spanish (es) Síndrome del piramidal		0
9	Hebrew (he) תסמונת פיריפורמיס		0
10	Japanese (ja) 梨状筋症候群		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Piriformis syndrome" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Piriformis syndrome		86
2	Arabic (ar) متلازمة الكمثرية		44
3	Japanese (ja) 梨状筋症候群		39
4	Portuguese (pt) Síndrome do piriforme		22
5	Spanish (es) Síndrome del piramidal		9
6	Catalan (ca) Síndrome del piriforme		8
7	German (de) Piriformis-Syndrom		7
8	Chinese (zh) 梨狀肌症候群		4
9	Romanian (ro) Sindromul piriform		3
10	Ukrainian (uk) Синдром грушоподібного м'яза		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic متلازمة الكمثرية
az	Azerbaijani Armudvarı əzələ sindromu
ca	Catalan Síndrome del piriforme
de	German Piriformis-Syndrom
el	Greek Σύνδρομο απιοειδούς μυός
en	English Piriformis syndrome
es	Spanish Síndrome del piramidal
fr	French Syndrome du muscle piriforme
he	Hebrew תסמונת פיריפורמיס
ja	Japanese 梨状筋症候群
pt	Portuguese Síndrome do piriforme
ro	Romanian Sindromul piriform
sr	Serbian Piriformni sindrom
uk	Ukrainian Синдром грушоподібного м'яза
vi	Vietnamese Hội chứng cơ hình lê
zh	Chinese 梨狀肌症候群

Best Rank

English: #13726 08.2012

Global: #26641 08.2012

Best Rank

English: #33677 10.2012

Global: #47343 05.2025

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