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ArticleCancers2019

Paravertebral Muscle Training in Patients with Unstable Spinal Metastases Receiving Palliative Radiotherapy: An Exploratory Randomized Feasibility Trial.

Tanja Sprave, Friederike Rosenberger, Vivek Verma, Robert Förster, Thomas Bruckner, Ingmar Schlampp, Tilman Bostel, Thomas Welzel, Sati Akbaba, Tilman Rackwitz and 5 more

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Article in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Effect of exercise on bone-related outcomes in patients with cancer affected by bone metastases or bone loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  2. The role of exercise for pain management in adults living with and beyond cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
    Pooled it
  3. Effect of exercise interventions in adults with cancer receiving palliative care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
    Pooled it
  4. Clinical considerations for non-operative treatment of spinal metastases with intermediate instability.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 · 2025
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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

15 authors.

Tanja SpraveDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Freiburg, Robert-Koch-Strasse 3, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Friederike RosenbergerDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4770-4411
Vivek VermaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5863-6023
Robert FörsterDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7664-9207
Thomas BrucknerDepartment of Medical Biometry, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9342-3456
Ingmar SchlamppDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Tilman BostelDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Thomas WelzelDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9960-3052
Sati AkbabaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8363-2668
Tilman RackwitzDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Nils Henrik NicolayDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Freiburg, Robert-Koch-Strasse 3, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2550-1410
Anca-Ligia GrosuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Freiburg, Robert-Koch-Strasse 3, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Joachim WiskemannDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5971-5436
Jürgen DebusDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Harald RiefRadiooncological Practice Bad Godesberg, Waldstrasse 73, 53177 Bonn Bad-Godesberg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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palliative radiotherapyspine metastasestrainingunstable

Identifiers

PMID31717925
PMCPMC6896044

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