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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2016

Protocol for Acupuncture Treatment of Lateral Elbow Pain: A Multisite Randomised Controlled Trial in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and Italy.

Christopher Zaslawski, Christine Berle, Marcus Gadau, Wei Hong Li, Tie Li, Fu Chun Wang, Sergio Bangrazi, Lei Li, Stefano Liguori, Yan Song Liu and 2 more

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Christopher ZaslawskiChinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5618-5161
Christine BerleChinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Marcus GadauSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-3386-2742
Wei Hong LiChinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Tie LiChangchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China.
Fu Chun WangChangchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China.
Sergio BangraziParacelso Institute, Rome, Italy.
Lei LiWorld Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies, Beijing, China.
Stefano LiguoriParacelso Institute, Rome, Italy.
Yan Song LiuChangchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China.
Yuan Sheng TanWorld Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7213-5906
Shi Ping ZhangSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-6413-5778
Changchun University of Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of Technology Sydney · AUChina Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion · CNHong Kong Baptist University · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID27994627
PMCPMC5141531
OpenAlexW2549085661

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