Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37095169›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2023

Abolition of sagittal T7-T10 dynamics during forced ventilation in AIS patients with Lenke 1A curves.

Gonzalo Mariscal, Jesús Burgos, Luis Antón-Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo Hevia, Carlos Barrios

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pulmonary function does not improve after 10 years of posterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
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 1 country.

Gonzalo MariscalSchool of Doctorate, Valencia Catholic University, Valencia, Spain.
Jesús BurgosSpine Surgery Unit, Hospital Viamed Fuensanta, Madrid, Spain.
Luis Antón-RodrigálvarezDivision of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
Eduardo HeviaSpine Surgery Unit, Hospital la Fraternidad-Muprespa, Madrid, Spain.
Carlos BarriosInstitute for Research on Musculoskeletal Disorders, Valencia Catholic University, Quevedo, 2, 46001, Valencia, Spain. carlos.barrios@ucv.es.
Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr · ESHospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal · ESHospital Viamed Valvanera · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In healthy subjects, respiratory maximal volumes are highly dependent on the sagittal range of motion of the T7-T10 segment. In AIS, the abolition of T7-T10 dynamics related to the stiffness induced by the apex region in Lenke IA curves could harm ventilation during maximal breathing. The aim of this study was to analyze the dynamics of the thoracic spine during deep breathing in AIS patients and in healthy matched controls. This is a cross-sectional, case-control study. 20 AIS patients (18 girls, Cobb angle, 54.7 ± 7.9°; Risser 1.35 ± 1.2) and 15 healthy volunteers (11 girls) matched in age (12.5 versus 15.8 years mean age) were included. In AIS curves, the apex was located at T8 (14) and T9 (6). Conventional sagittal radiographs of the whole spine were performed at maximal inspiration and exhalation. The ROM of each spinal thoracic functional segment (T1-T7, T7-T10, T10-T12) and the global T1-T12 ROM were measured. In healthy subjects, the mean T1-T12 ROM during forced breathing was 16.7 ± 3.8. AIS patients showed a T1-T12 ROM of 1.1 ± 1.5 (p < 0.05), indicating a sagittal stiffness of the thoracic spine. A wide T7-T10 ROM (15.3 ± 3.0) was found in healthy controls (91.6% of the T1-T12 ROM). AIS patients showed only 0.4 ± 1.4 ROM at T7-T10 (36.4% of the T1-T12 ROM) (p < 0.001). There was a linear relationship between the magnitude of T7-T10 kyphosis in maximal exhalation and both FVC (% of predicted FVC) and FEV1. In conclusion, Lenke 1A AIS patients show a restriction of the thoracic spine motion with an almost complete abolition of T7-T10 ROM, a crucial segment for deep breathing. T7-T10 stiffness could explain the ventilatory limitations found in AIS patients.

Indexed as

ScoliosisAdolescentCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansRespirationRetrospective StudiesThoracic Vertebrae

Identifiers

PMID37095169
PMCPMC10126165
OpenAlexW4366975758

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.