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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

Clinical Evaluation of Acupuncture as Treatment for Complications of Cerebrovascular Accidents: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Subject- and Assessor-Blind Trial.

Hsien-Yin Liao, Wen-Chao Ho, Chun-Chung Chen, Jaung-Geng Lin, Chia-Chi Chang, Liang-Yu Chen, De-Chih Lee, Yu-Chen Lee

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Comparing Verum and Sham Acupuncture in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2019
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hsien-Yin LiaoCollege of Chinese Medicine, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3853-8450
Wen-Chao HoDepartment of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Chun-Chung ChenCollege of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Jaung-Geng LinCollege of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3642-8047
Chia-Chi ChangDepartment of Acupuncture, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
Liang-Yu ChenDepartment of Acupuncture, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
De-Chih LeeDepartment of Information Management, Da-Yeh University, Changhua 500, Taiwan.
Yu-Chen LeeCollege of Chinese Medicine, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9510-3146
China Medical University · TWDayeh University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID28408941
PMCPMC5376930
OpenAlexW2601569356

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