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ReviewNeural regeneration research2017

Non-invasive brain stimulation to promote motor and functional recovery following spinal cord injury.

Aysegul Gunduz, John Rothwell, Joan Vidal, Hatice Kumru

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Review in Neural regeneration research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Aysegul GunduzDepartment of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
John RothwellSobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, University College London, London, UK.
Joan VidalInstitut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona-Barcelona; Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès); Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Hatice KumruInstitut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona-Barcelona; Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès); Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Institut Guttmann · ESIstanbul University · TRNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a systematic review of studies using non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)) as a research and clinical tool aimed at improving motor and functional recovery or spasticity in patients following spinal cord injury (SCI) under the assumption that if the residual corticospinal circuits could be stimulated appropriately, the changes might be accompanied by functional recovery or an improvement in spasticity. This review summarizes the literature on the changes induced by NIBS in the motor and functional recovery and spasticity control of the upper and lower extremities following SCI.

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functional improvementneuropathic painnon-invasive brain stimulationspasticityspinal cord injurytranscranial direct current stimulationtranscranial magnetic stimulation

Identifiers

PMID29323025
PMCPMC5784334
OpenAlexW2778983758

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