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ArticleMedical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

A RCT comparing lumbosacral orthosis to routine physical therapy on postural stability in patients with chronic low back pain.

Fatemeh Azadinia, Ismail Ebrahimi-Takamjani, Mojtaba Kamyab, Mohamad Parnianpour, Morteza Asgari

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Article in Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fatemeh AzadiniaDepartment of Orthotics and Prosthetics, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ismail Ebrahimi-TakamjaniDepartment of Physical therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mojtaba KamyabDepartment of Orthotics and Prosthetics, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohamad ParnianpourBiomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Morteza AsgariDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of technology, Tehran, Iran.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRSharif University of Technology · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Center of PressureFunctional DisabilityLow Back PainOrthosesPainPostural Control

Identifiers

PMID29445655
PMCPMC5804426
OpenAlexW2736917545

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