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Published on in Vol 14 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/93522, first published .
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Discordance Between Textual Reasoning and Visual Interpretation in Large Language Models for Low Back Pain: Cross-Sectional Quantitative Evaluation and Exploratory Multimodal Stress Test

Discordance Between Textual Reasoning and Visual Interpretation in Large Language Models for Low Back Pain: Cross-Sectional Quantitative Evaluation and Exploratory Multimodal Stress Test

Ziyu Zhang   1, 2 * , BMed ;   Longhao Chen   1, 2, 3 * , MD ;   Zhizhen Lv   1, 2, 3 * , MD ;   Hanzhe Lv   1, 2 , BMed ;   Wei Sheng   1, 2 , BMed ;   Zicheng Wei   4 , MMed ;   Binghao Wang   1, 2 , BMed ;   Ying Shen   1, 2 , BMed ;   Yu Tian   1, 2, 3 , MMed ;   Jingwen Hu   5 , MA ;   Zhifang Shen   6 , BMed ;   Lijiang Lv   1, 2, 3 , Prof Dr

1 The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

2 The Third School of Clinical Medicine (School of Rehabilitation Medicine), Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

3 Research Institute of Tuina (Spinal disease), Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

4 Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

5 Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

6 Jiaxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Lijiang Lv, Prof Dr
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