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ArticleJournal of sport and health science2017

Yiming Ma, Zhicheng Guo, Xiaohui Wang

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Article in Journal of sport and health science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yiming MaSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Zhicheng GuoSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Xiaohui WangSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Shanghai University of Sport · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the effects of

methodsFifteen male boxers were divided into exercise group (E,

resultsCompared with E group, decreases of plasma CK (1591.5 ± 909.6 U/L

conclusionTaking 1250 mg capsules containing TT extracts did not change muscle mass and plasma levels of testosterone, DHT, and IGF-1 but significantly alleviated muscle damage and promoted anaerobic performance of trained male boxers, which may be related to the decrease of plasma IGFBP-3 rather than androgen in plasma.

Indexed as

IGF binding protein-3Insulin growth factor 1 (IGF-1)Muscle damagePerformanceTestosteroneTribulus terrestris

Identifiers

PMID30356644
PMCPMC6189260
OpenAlexW2219789981

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