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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2021

The Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Used with Low Back Pain and the Attitude of Primary Healthcare Practitioners in Saudi Arabia toward Them.

Ahmed Alhowimel, Faris Alodaibi, Mazyad Alotaibi, Dalyah Alamam, Julie Fritz

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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

  1. Impact of education in patients undergoing physiotherapy for lower back pain: a level I systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025
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  2. Responsiveness of the "PROM Pediatric Physical Therapy" in Dutch Pediatric Physical Therapy Practices.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association · 2026
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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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmed AlhowimelDepartment of Health and Rehabilitation Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2936-7581
Faris AlodaibiCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, Health Rehabilitation Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4471-768X
Mazyad AlotaibiDepartment of Health and Rehabilitation Science, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Dalyah AlamamCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, Health Rehabilitation Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Julie FritzDepartment of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, University of Utah, Salt Lake, UT 84112, USA.
King Saud University · SAPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SAUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University 2019/01/13195.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Low Back PainAttitude of Health PersonnelCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresPrimary Health CareSaudi ArabiaSurveys and Questionnaireshealthcarelow back painpatient-reported outcome measuresphysical therapyprimary care

Identifiers

PMID34441018
PMCPMC8399425
OpenAlexW3192846569

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Registered trials

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