Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Recurrence in Patients Previously Treated Conservatively for Cervical Spondylosis
Hanze Mao, Guangqi Lu, Shuaiqi Zhou, Minghui Zhuang, Xin Xiu, Jing Li, Xinyue Sun, Yakun Liu, Mingming Ma, Jiaming Hu, Jie Yu, Liguo Zhu · 2026
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Hanze Mao and co-authors build a chart tool to predict which neck pain patients relapse after non-surgical care. Cervical spondylosis, wear in the neck spine, often returns after conservative treatment. Their 2026 study drew on a survey across six Chinese cities in 2025, with 668 patients who had first gained relief. Records covered habits, history, and X-ray findings, split into training and check sets.
Six factors fed the final chart, among them session exercise length, disease duration, and past attack rate. Longer disease and frequent past attacks raised relapse risk; longer exercise delayed it. Oddly, disc narrowing linked to lower risk. The chart sorted patients well in checks. The authors urge prospective tests before clinical use.
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| CREATOR | Hanze Mao, Guangqi Lu, Shuaiqi Zhou, Minghui Zhuang, Xin Xiu, Jing Li, Xinyue Sun, Yakun Liu, Mingming Ma, Jiaming Hu, Jie Yu, Liguo Zhu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 59 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |