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SynthesisJournal of healthcare engineering2022

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Facet Joint Orientation and Its Effect on the Lumbar.

Zhirui Zheng, Youqiang Wang, Tong Wang, Yue Wu, Yuhui Li

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Synthesis in Journal of healthcare engineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exploration of the correlation between facet joints cross-sectional area asymmetry and cervical disc herniation.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 · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhirui ZhengThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Orthopedic Surgery Three Ward, Harbin, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4491-523X
Youqiang WangThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Orthopedic Surgery Three Ward, Harbin, China.
Tong WangThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Orthopedic Surgery Three Ward, Harbin, China.
Yue WuThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Orthopedic Surgery Three Ward, Harbin, China.
Yuhui LiThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Orthopedic Surgery Three Ward, Harbin, China.
Harbin Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Facet tropism is recognized as the difference in the positioning of the facet joints in association with each other in the sagittal plane. This guides to an imbalanced biomechanical force over the facet joints and the intervertebral disc during rotation and other physiological activities. A systematic review and meta-analysis of Web of Science, EMBASE, PubMed, Cochrane Library, SCOPUS, and CINHAL from 2004 to 2021 to recognize the related research studies was performed. The data for meta-analysis were obtained from multiple studies to get the combined effect of the facet tropism on the lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and the degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (LDS). 117 articles were incorporated in the systematic review, where 41 studies were selected for meta-analysis, out of which 7 studies were found eligible as per the inclusion criteria. When degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis was compared with the normal group, 95% CI was observed at 1.94 (1.59, 2.28). There was a comparison of disc herniation with the normal group in L4/L5, with a 95% CI of 0.60 (0.05, 1.14). The L5/S1 disc herniation was compared with the normal group and was found to be 0.21 (-0.48, 0.90). Therefore, it was observed that facet tropism is related to lumbar disc herniation and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Our meta-analysis demonstrated a unique link between the facet tropism and the lumbar disk degeneration along with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis.

Indexed as

Intervertebral Disc DegenerationIntervertebral Disc DisplacementSpondylolisthesisZygapophyseal JointHumansLumbar VertebraeMagnetic Resonance Imaging

Identifiers

PMID35242295
PMCPMC8888088
OpenAlexW4226253844

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