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ArticleJoints2018

Use of an Elastomeric Knee Brace in Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: Short-Term Results.

Francesco Mattia Uboldi, Paolo Ferrua, Daniele Tradati, Pietro Zedde, Jim Richards, Andrea Manunta, Massimo Berruto

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Article in Joints, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dutch multidisciplinary guideline on anterior knee pain: Patellofemoral pain and patellar tendinopathy.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025
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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Francesco Mattia UboldiDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Paolo FerruaDepartment of Knee Surgery, Gaetano Pini Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Daniele TradatiDepartment of Knee Surgery, Gaetano Pini Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Pietro ZeddeOrthopaedic and Traumatology Unit, Nuoro Hospital, Nuoro, Italy.
Jim RichardsAllied Health Research Unit, School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Wellbeing, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Andrea ManuntaDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Massimo BerrutoDepartment of Knee Surgery, Gaetano Pini Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini · ITUniversity of Sassari · ITAssociazione Istituzione Libera Università Nuorese · ITUniversity of Central Lancashire · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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athletesbracesknee jointpatellofemoral pain syndrome

Identifiers

PMID30051103
PMCPMC6059862
OpenAlexW2809345902

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