Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29568244›Full record

ReviewJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition2018

Herbal medicine for sports: a review.

Maha Sellami, Olfa Slimeni, Andrzej Pokrywka, Goran Kuvačić, Lawrence D Hayes, Mirjana Milic, Johnny Padulo

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 172 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Effects ofInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  5. 6-Week Supplementation withInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  7. The Effects of 6 Weeks ofNutrients · 2021
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  9. Analysis of Effectiveness of a Supplement CombiningInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  15. Nutrients · 2025
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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 7 countries.

Maha Sellami1Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Teslina 6, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Olfa Slimeni4Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zielona Gora, Zielona Gora, Poland.
Andrzej Pokrywka5Active Ageing Research Group, Department of Medical and Sport Sciences, University of Cumbria, Bowerham Road, Lancaster, UK.
Goran Kuvačić1Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Teslina 6, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Lawrence D Hayes5Active Ageing Research Group, Department of Medical and Sport Sciences, University of Cumbria, Bowerham Road, Lancaster, UK.
Mirjana Milic1Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Teslina 6, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Johnny Padulo1Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Teslina 6, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Department of Health and Aged Care · AUInternational College of Applied Kinesiology-USA · USUniversità degli Studi eCampus · ITUniversity of Carthage · TNUniversity of Zielona Góra · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

SportsAlkaloidsAstragalus PlantAthletesCaffeineCordycepsDietary SupplementsEphedrineGinkgo bilobaHumansPanaxPerformance-Enhancing SubstancesPhytotherapyPlant PreparationsPlants, MedicinalRhodiolaAlkaloidsCaffeineEphedrinePerformance-Enhancing SubstancesPlant PreparationsAlkaloidsErgogenic aidMedicinal plantPhysical activityPolyphenol

Identifiers

PMID29568244
PMCPMC5856322
OpenAlexW2802601973

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.