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ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2014

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as adjunct to primary care management for tennis elbow: pragmatic randomised controlled trial (TATE trial).

Linda S Chesterton, A Martyn Lewis, Julius Sim, Christian D Mallen, Elizabeth E Mason, Elaine M Hay, Daniëlle A van der Windt

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Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Linda S ChestertonArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
A Martyn LewisArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
Julius SimArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK School of Health and Rehabilitation, Keele University, UK.
Christian D MallenArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
Elizabeth E MasonArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
Elaine M HayArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
Daniëlle A van der WindtArthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
Keele University · GB

Funding

Department of Health WMCLAHRC-2014-1Versus Arthritis 19634
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

study questionCan transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), as a patient controlled adjunct to primary care management for tennis elbow, provide superior pain relief to primary care management alone. SUMMARY ANSWER: TENS conferred no additional clinical benefit over primary care management consisting of information and advice on analgesia and exercise for patients with tennis elbow, probably partly owing to poor adherence to treatment recommendations. WHAT IS KNOWN AND WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: A need exists for safe, self administered interventions to provide pain relief for patients with tennis elbow. TENS as an adjunct to primary care management failed to show any additional pain relief compared with primary care management alone.

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