Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27698630›Full record

Trial reportHand (New York, N.Y.)2016

Longitudinal Outcomes Following a Randomized Controlled Trial of Dynamic Splint Stretching for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

F Buck Willis, Brook Fowler

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Hand (New York, N.Y.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
    Review
  3. 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.

F Buck WillisGalveston Clinical Research, TX, USA; Paul Quinn College, Dallas, TX, USA.
Brook FowlerPaul Quinn College, Dallas, TX, USA.
Paul Quinn College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

SplintsAdultAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCarpal Tunnel SyndromeCost SavingsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPhysical ExaminationTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidalcontracture reductionDynasplinthome therapypain management

Identifiers

PMID27698630
PMCPMC5030854
OpenAlexW2298444580

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.