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ReviewCannabis and cannabinoid research2020

Cannabis Use and Low-Back Pain: A Systematic Review.

Lucas First, William Douglas, Behnum Habibi, Jaspal Ricky Singh, Michael T Sein

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In one paragraph

Review in Cannabis and cannabinoid research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Ten-year outcomes of medical cannabis for chronic low back pain: opioid reduction, pain relief, and functional improvement in 1,000 patients.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 · 2026
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  4. From controversy to clinical evidence: the evolving role of cannabis in pain therapy.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026
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  7. Update on Non-surgical Treatments for Lumbar Pain.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2025
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  8. [Update on Non-surgical Treatments for Lumbar Pain].Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2025
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  17. Analyzing the Impact of Cannabinoids on the Treatment of Spinal Disorders.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lucas FirstDepartment of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York, New York, USA.
William DouglasDepartment of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York, New York, USA.
Behnum HabibiDepartment of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York, New York, USA.
Jaspal Ricky SinghDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Comprehensive Spine Care, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Michael T SeinDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Comprehensive Spine Care, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital · USCornell University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

analgesiacannabinoidcannabisdisabilitylow-back painmarijuana

Identifiers

PMID33381642
PMCPMC7759283
OpenAlexW3006330424

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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