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Trial reportThe journal of spinal cord medicine2019

Hybrid assistive limb (HAL) treatment for patients with severe thoracic myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) in the postoperative acute/subacute phase: A clinical trial.

Shigeki Kubota, Tetsuya Abe, Hideki Kadone, Yukiyo Shimizu, Toru Funayama, Hiroki Watanabe, Aiki Marushima, Masao Koda, Yasushi Hada, Yoshiyuki Sankai and 1 more

Open access · greenAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase II
In one paragraph

Trial report in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shigeki Kubotaa Division of Regenerative Medicine for Musculoskeletal System, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba , Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4455-4585
Tetsuya Abeb Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba , Japan.
Hideki Kadonec Center for Innovating Medicine and Engineering (CIME) , University of Tsukuba Hospital , Tsukuba, Japan.
Yukiyo Shimizud Department of Rehabilitation Medicine , University of Tsukuba Hospital , Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7491-4516
Toru Funayamab Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba , Japan.
Hiroki Watanabee Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4436-5437
Aiki Marushimae Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba, Japan.
Masao Kodab Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba , Japan.
Yasushi Hadad Department of Rehabilitation Medicine , University of Tsukuba Hospital , Tsukuba, Japan.
Yoshiyuki Sankaif Faculty of Systems and Information Engineering , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba, Japan.
Masashi Yamazakib Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba , Japan.
University of Tsukuba · JPUniversity of Tsukuba Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Exoskeleton DeviceSeverity of Illness IndexThoracic VertebraeAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOssification of Posterior Longitudinal LigamentPostoperative CareSpinal Cord DiseasesTreatment OutcomeExoskeleton robotHybrid assistive limbOssification of the posterior longitudinal ligamentPostoperative acute phaseRehabilitationRobot treatment

Identifiers

PMID30335588
PMCPMC6718179
OpenAlexW2897088480

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Registered trials

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