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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture versus Medium-Frequency Electrotherapy for Discogenic Sciatica.

Xue Zhang, Yang Wang, Zhao Wang, Chao Wang, Wentao Ding, Zhishun Liu

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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 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xue ZhangDepartment of Acupuncture, South Area of Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 138 Xingfeng North Street, Daxing District, Beijing 102618, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8812-1717
Yang WangDepartment of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 5 Beixiange Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053, China.
Zhao WangDepartment of Acupuncture, South Area of Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 138 Xingfeng North Street, Daxing District, Beijing 102618, China.
Chao WangDepartment of Acupuncture, South Area of Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 138 Xingfeng North Street, Daxing District, Beijing 102618, China.
Wentao DingDepartment of Acupuncture, South Area of Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 138 Xingfeng North Street, Daxing District, Beijing 102618, China.
Zhishun LiuDepartment of Acupuncture, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 5 Beixiange Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7901-4875
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID28491116
PMCPMC5405380
OpenAlexW2606476096

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