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ReviewDer Orthopade2018

[Physical therapy options in rheumatic diseases: what is evidence-based?]

U Lange, S Rehart

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Review in Der Orthopade, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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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.

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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

2 authors.

U LangeAbteilung Rheumatologie, Osteologie, Physikalische Medizin, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Universität Gießen, Benekestr. 2-8, 61231, Bad Nauheim, Deutschland. U.Lange@kerckhoff-klinik.de.
S Rehart

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatic diseases usually progress towards morphological and functional deficits and thus cause impairment of physical health and function. Based on this fact, physiotherapeutic options are elementary and indispensable. This article focuses on the significance and importance of physiotherapy in inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic diseases. Furthermore, an overview is presented on the consequences of rheumatic diseases, the reality of supply of physiotherapy, the principles and therapeutic options, and the evidence.

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Physical Therapy ModalitiesRheumatic DiseasesHumansChronic diseasesDisease managementPatient carePhysiotherapyQuality of life

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