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ReviewEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2017

Cervical spine meniscoids: an update on their morphological characteristics and potential clinical significance.

S F Farrell, P G Osmotherly, J Cornwall, M Sterling, D A Rivett

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Review in European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging assessment of lateral atlantoaxial joint meniscoid composition: a validation study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

S F FarrellRecover Injury Research Centre, Griffith University, Building G05, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia. s.farrell@griffith.edu.au.
P G OsmotherlySchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.
J CornwallGraduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
M SterlingRecover Injury Research Centre, Griffith University, Building G05, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia.
D A RivettSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.
Griffith University · AUUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AUVictoria University of Wellington · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCervical spine meniscoids are intra-articular folds of synovial membrane that have been theorised to have potential clinical significance in neck pain. Recent anatomical and clinical research has re-visited the pathoanatomical capacity of these structures. The purpose of this review is to discuss cervical spine meniscoid morphology in light of recently published work, to provide an update on the plausible relevance of these structures to clinical practice.

methodsNarrative review critically discussing basic science and clinical research regarding cervical spine meniscoids, with focus upon implications for clinical practice.

resultsBasic science research indicates that cervical spine meniscoids can be innervated and appear to vary in morphology in the presence of articular degeneration. In a clinical population, associations have been observed between cervical spine meniscoid morphology and presence of cervical spine symptoms.

conclusionsRecent studies regarding cervical spine meniscoid morphology provide further evidence of pathoanatomical capacity of these structures. Further research is required, however, in clinical populations to empirically investigate specific theorised mechanisms of cervical spine meniscoid involvement in neck pain.

Indexed as

Cervical VertebraeHumansNeck PainOsteoarthritisSynovial MembraneZygapophyseal JointCervical spineMeniscoidsSynovial foldsWhiplashZygapophyseal joint

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PMID27995341
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