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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2026

The Reliability of Biomechanical Mensuration Methods of the Sagittal Cervical Spine in Radiography Used in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Douglas F Lightstone, Joseph W Betz, Jason W Haas, Paul A Oakley, Joseph R Ferrantelli, Ibrahim M Moustafa, Deed E Harrison

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Douglas F LightstoneInstitute for Spinal Health and Performance, Cumming, GA 30041, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3325-7246
Joseph W BetzPrivate Practice, Boise, ID 83702, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4162-2418
Jason W HaasChiropractic Biophysics NonProfit, Eagle, ID 83616, USA.
Paul A OakleyKinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3117-7330
Joseph R FerrantelliPostureCo, Trinity, FL 34655, USA.
Ibrahim M MoustafaNeuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, RIMHS-Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-4859-1490
Deed E HarrisonChiropractic Biophysics NonProfit, Eagle, ID 83616, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6671-7106

Funding

CBP NonProfit NANCMIC Foundation NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cervical spineradiographyreliabilitysagittal vertical axisspine mensurationX-ray

Identifiers

PMID42652550
PMCPMC13513229

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