Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37841041›Full record

ArticleSpine surgery and related research2023

Postoperative Recovery of Gait Function at Early Phase Is Delayed in Patients with Spinal Tumors with Impairment of the Joint Position Sense in the Big Toe: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Ryo Fukata, Takeo Furuya, Yuki Shiko, Yohei Kawasaki, Mayuko Kuwata, Keita Takase, Ryosuke Tadaki, Tomoyo Akasaka, Geundong Kim, Yahiko Takeuchi and 3 more

Open access · diamondAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Spine surgery and related research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Preoperative impairment of the joint position sense in the big toe is a risk factor for delayed recovery of mobility after lumbar spinal stenosis surgery.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
    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

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ryo FukataDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Takeo FuruyaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Yuki ShikoBiostatistics Section, Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Yohei KawasakiBiostatistics Section, Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Mayuko KuwataDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Keita TakaseDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Ryosuke TadakiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Tomoyo AkasakaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Geundong KimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Yahiko TakeuchiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Mitsuo MoritaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Atsushi MurataDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Seiji OhtoriDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University Hospital · JPChiba University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: We investigated the effect of preoperative joint position sense in the big toe on the postoperative recovery of gait function after spinal tumor surgery. Methods: Seventy-three patients with spinal tumors who underwent surgery at our hospital between 2014 and 2019 and could be followed for at least 6 months after surgery were included. The patients were divided into the cervical spinal (41 cases) and thoracic spinal (32 cases) groups according to the localization of the tumor. These groups were further classified into an Impaired group (cervical spinal, 34 cases; thoracic spinal, 19 cases) and an Intact group (cervical spinal, 7 cases; thoracic spinal, 13 cases) according to the presence or absence of preoperative joint position sense in the big toe. The amount of change in ambulatory function from the preoperative period to 3 and 6 months postoperatively was compared between the Impaired and Intact groups within each tumor localization category. Results: Impaired preoperative joint position sense in the big toe in patients undergoing thoracic spinal tumor surgery delayed the recovery of gait function in the early postoperative period. Conclusions: In patients with thoracic spinal tumor surgery, the absence of preoperative joint position sense in the big toe delayed the recovery of postoperative gait function.

Indexed as

gait functionjoint position sensespinal tumors

Identifiers

PMID37841041
PMCPMC10569801
OpenAlexW4324125965

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
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.