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Scoping Review with Topic Modeling on the Diagnostic Criteria for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
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- Matsoukas, Stavros; Zipser, Carl Moritz; Zipser-Mohammadzada, Freschta; Kheram, Najmeh; Boraschi, Andrea; Jiang, Zhilin; Tetreault, Lindsay; Fehlings, Michael G; Davies, Benjamin M; Margetis, Konstantinos (2024). Scoping Review with Topic Modeling on the Diagnostic Criteria for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Global Spine Journal:Epub ahead of print.
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- STUDY DESIGN: This study is a scoping review. OBJECTIVE: There is a broad variability in the definition of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) and no standardized set of diagnostic criteria to date. METHODS: We interrogated the Myelopathy.org database, a hand-indexed database of primary clinical studies conducted exclusively on DCM in humans between 2005-2021. The DCM inclusion criteria used in these studies were inputted into 3 topic modeling algorithms: Hierarchical Dirichlet Process (HDP), Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), and BERtopic. The emerging topics were subjected to manual labeling and interpretation. RESULTS: Of 1676 reports, 120 papers (7.16%) had well-defined inclusion criteria and were subjected to topic modeling. Four topics emerged from the HDP model: disturbance from extremity weakness and motor signs; fine-motor and sensory disturbance of upper extremity; a combination of imaging and clinical findings is required for the diagnosis; and "reinforcing" (or modifying) factors that can aid in the diagnosis in borderline cases. The LDA model showed the following topics: disturbance to the patient is required for the diagnosis; reinforcing factors can aid in the diagnosis in borderline cases; clinical findings from the extremities; and a combination of imaging and clinical findings is required for the diagnosis. BERTopic identified the following topics: imaging abnormality, typical clinical features, range of objective criteria, and presence of clinical findings. CONCLUSIONS: This review provides quantifiable data that only a minority of past studies in DCM provided meaningful inclusion criteria. The items and patterns found here are very useful for the development of diagnostic criteria for DCM.
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- Matsoukas, Stavros; Zipser, Carl Moritz; Zipser-Mohammadzada, Freschta; Kheram, Najmeh; Boraschi, Andrea; Jiang, Zhilin; Tetreault, Lindsay; Fehlings, Michael G; Davies, Benjamin M; Margetis, Konstantinos (2024). Scoping Review with Topic Modeling on the Diagnostic Criteria for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Global Spine Journal:Epub ahead of print.
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- application/pdf, info:doi/10.5167/uzh-259252, English, English
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- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1443059116
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource