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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2016

Non-Invasive Neuromodulation for Headache Disorders.

Shuhan Zhu, Michael J Marmura

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Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Interventional neuromodulation techniques for cervicogenic headache.Journal of anesthesia and translational medicine · 2025
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  8. Treatment Update of Chronic Migraine.Current pain and headache reports · 2017
    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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shuhan ZhuJefferson Headache Center, 900 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
Michael J MarmuraJefferson Headache Center, 900 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA. michael.marmura@jefferson.edu.
Headache Care Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migraine and other chronic headache disorders are common and if inadequately treated, can lead to significant disability. The effectiveness of medications can be limited by side effects, drug interactions, and comorbid diseases necessitating alternative methods. Technological developments in the past 5 years have made it possible to use non-invasive methods of neuromodulation to treat primary headache disorders. This field includes technologies such as supraorbital transcutaneous stimulation (STS), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation (nVNS). Existing trials show these modalities are safe and well tolerated and can be combined with standard pharmacotherapy. We review the technologies, biological rationales, and trials involving non-invasive neuromodulation for the treatment of primary headache disorders.

Indexed as

Drug InteractionsHeadache DisordersHumansPain ManagementTranscranial Magnetic StimulationTranscutaneous Electric Nerve StimulationCefaly™Chronic migraineCluster headacheSpringTMS™Supraorbital transcutaneous stimulatorTranscranial magnetic stimulation

Identifiers

PMID26750126
OpenAlexW2233150915

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