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ReviewThe Journal of family practice2014

Which CAM modalities are worth considering?

Roger Zoorob, Sangita Chakrabarty, Heather O'Hara, Courtney Kihlberg

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In one paragraph

Review in The Journal of family practice, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
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

4 authors.

Roger ZoorobDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Email: roger.zoorob@bcm.edu.
Sangita Chakrabarty
Heather O'Hara
Courtney Kihlberg

Funding

PHS HHS M0HP25099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review-with a handy at-a-glance guide-examines 8 modalities, the level of evidence behind them, and the adverse effects you'll need to keep in mind.

Indexed as

Complementary TherapiesLow Back PainContraindicationsDiet TherapyEvidence-Based MedicineHumansImagery, PsychotherapyMaleMiddle AgedPain ManagementPain MeasurementPhysical Therapy ModalitiesPrimary Health CareRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Identifiers

PMID25343156
PMCPMC4286117

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Registered trials

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