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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Reliability of the Biomechanical Assessment of the Sagittal Thoracic Spine on Radiographs Used in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Literature Review.

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

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

7 authors.

Joseph W BetzPrivate Practice, Boise, ID, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4162-2418
Douglas F LightstoneInstitute for Spinal Health and Performance, Cumming, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3325-7246
Jason W HaasCBP Nonprofit, Inc., Eagle, ID, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-0901-9608
Paul A OakleyKinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3117-7330
Joseph R FerrantelliPostureCo., Inc., Trinity, FL, USA.
Ibrahim M MoustafaNeuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, RIMHS-Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-4859-1490
Deed E HarrisonCBP Nonprofit, Inc., Eagle, ID, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6671-7106

Funding

CBP NonProfit. Inc.NCMIC Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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mensurationradiographyreliabilitysagittal balancesubluxationsystematic review of literaturethoracic kyphosisthoracic spineX-ray

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PMID42791839
PMCPMC13603500

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