ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2018
Characteristics of cervical sagittal parameters in healthy cervical spine adults and patients with cervical disc degeneration.
Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sagittal balance of the cervical spine: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2021Pooled it
- Radiological differences between patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy according to different levels of maximum compression.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- In Correction Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis with Lenke Type 1 and 2 curves, Obtaining Kyphosis in the Upper Thoracic Spine Is Important for Preventing Postoperative Cervical Kyphosis.Spine surgery and related research · 2026Article
- Cervical Spine Degeneration in Rugby Players: Position-Specific Differences in Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes Among 64 Brazilian Athletes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Impact of T1 Slope Visibility on Cervical Sagittal Alignment: A Comparative Study of Radiographic Parameters According to T1 Slope Visibility.Spine surgery and related research · 2025Article
- Clinical characteristics and surgical options of cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament with trauma: a retrospective comparative study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Comparison of sagittal measurements of cervical spine in spondylosis patients between Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Radiograph.F1000Research · 2025Article
- Comparative Study of Preoperative Sagittal Spinal Pelvic Alignment in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy, Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament, and Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Plain Radiography: A Unique Component of Spinal Assessment and Predictive Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Comparison of Cervical Sagittal Parameters among Patients with Neck Pain and Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy and Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Correlation and reliability of cervical sagittal alignment parameters between plain radiographs and multipositional MRI images.Spinal cord · 2023Article
- Assessment of Biomechanical Advantages in Combined Anterior-Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery by Radiological Outcomes: Pedicle Screws over Lateral Mass Screws.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Effect of Brace Treatment on Craniovertebral to Lumbopelvic Sagittal Parameters in Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Systematic Review.Asian spine journal · 2023Article
- A novel rapid measurement method of cervical sagittal parameters based on the integrated inclinometer of a smartphone: a validity and reliability study.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Correlation between C7-T1 Intervertebral Foramen Area and Sagittal Parameters in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022Article
- Association between pre-operative sagittal alignment and radiographic measures of decompression following cervical laminectomy: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2021Article
- Short Plate with Screw Angle over 20 Degrees Improves the Radiologic Outcome in ACDF: Clinical Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Posterior Approach in C2-3 Disc Herniation: C1 Laminectomy, C2-3 Laminoplasty and Posterior Fixation in C2-3 Disc Herniation.Korean journal of neurotrauma · 2021Article
- Impact of cervical sagittal parameters on axial neck pain in patients with cervical kyphosis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2020Article
- Cervical kyphosis in asymptomatic populations: incidence, risk factors, and its relationship with health-related quality of life.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThe cervical sagittal parameters of the normal population and the impact of disc degeneration on cervical sagittal alignment have not been clearly defined yet. This study is applied to investigate the characteristics and relationships of cervical sagittal parameters in normal adults and patients with cervical disc degeneration.
methodsWe reviewed 50 normal control subjects (normal group, NG) and 50 patients with cervical disc degeneration (degeneration group, DG), who had both cervical MRI and radiographs obtained together, between January 2010 and September 2015. Data including C2-7 lordosis (CL), T1 slope (T1S), thoracic inlet angle (TIA), neck tilt (NT), C2-7 sagittal vertical axis (C2-7 SVA), cervical tilting, and cranial tilting on cervical radiographs were collected and analyzed.
resultsT1S in the NG was significantly greater than in the DG (P < 0.05), while NT and C2-7 SVA in the NG were significantly lower than in the DG (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively). T1S positively correlated with CL in both groups (Pearson correlation coefficients of 0.588 in the NG and 0.504 in the DG). No significant difference was seen in TIA between the NG and DG.
conclusionsT1S was involved in the occurrence and development of cervical disc degeneration, and TIA could be considered as a constant morphological parameter in both the normal population and cervical disc degeneration patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.