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SynthesisThe journal of spinal cord medicine2020

Systematic review of melatonin levels in individuals with complete cervical spinal cord injury.

Alexander Whelan, Mary Halpine, Sean D Christie, Sonja A McVeigh

Open access · greenAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Observational
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Melatonin, a natural antioxidant therapy in spinal cord injury.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander WhelanDivision of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Mary HalpineDivision of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sean D ChristieDepartment of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3540-6022
Sonja A McVeighDivision of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cervical CordMelatoninSpinal Cord InjuriesAdultCircadian RhythmHumansMelatoninCircadian rhythmMelatoninQuadriplegiaSpinal cord injuriesTetraplegia

Identifiers

PMID30132738
PMCPMC7534275
OpenAlexW2888139691

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.