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ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2017

Nonsurgical correction of straight back syndrome (thoracic hypokyphosis), increased lung capacity and resolution of exertional dyspnea by thoracic hyperkyphosis mirror image

Jeffrey R Mitchell, Paul A Oakley, Deed E Harrison

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Straight Back Syndrome Presented with Chest and Back Pain: A Case Report.International medical case reports journal · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jeffrey R MitchellPrivate Practice, USA.
Paul A OakleyPrivate Practice: Newmarket, ON L3Y 8Y8, Canada.
Deed E HarrisonCBP NonProfit, Inc., USA.
Canadian Rheumatology Association · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] To present the increase in thoracic kyphosis in a patient suffering from exertional dyspnea, reduced lung capacity, and spinal pains related to straight back syndrome (SBS). [Subject and Methods] A 33-year-old male patient was put on a CBP

Indexed as

CBPMirror imageStraight back syndrome

Identifiers

PMID29200656
PMCPMC5702846
OpenAlexW2769935111

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Registered trials

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