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Trial reportThe journal of spinal cord medicine2021

Spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) in hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP): A sham-controlled crossover study.

Gianluca Ardolino, Tommaso Bocci, Martina Nigro, Maurizio Vergari, Alessio Di Fonzo, Sara Bonato, Filippo Cogiamanian, Francesca Cortese, Ilaria Cova, Sergio Barbieri and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Non-pharmacological treatment of hereditary spastic paraplegia: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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  6. ZiclagueOrphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025
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  12. Spinal cord stimulation may improve gait and cognition in hereditary spastic paraplegia with mental retardation: a case report.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023
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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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gianluca ArdolinoNeuropathophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Tommaso BocciNeuropathophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Martina NigroNeuropathophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Maurizio VergariNeuropathophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Alessio Di FonzoNeurology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Sara BonatoNeurology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Filippo CogiamanianNeuropathophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Francesca CorteseNeuropathophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Ilaria CovaClinical Center for Neurostimulation, Neurotechnology, and Movement Disorders, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Sergio BarbieriNeuropathophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9414-6307
Alberto PrioriNeurology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITUniversity of Pisa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Spastic Paraplegia, HereditarySpinal Cord InjuriesTranscutaneous Electric Nerve StimulationCross-Over StudiesEvoked Potentials, MotorHumansMaleHereditary spastic paraplegiasMovement disordersNon-invasive spinal stimulationSpasticity treatmentTranscutaneous spinal direct current stimulation

Identifiers

PMID30508408
PMCPMC7919872
OpenAlexW2903415950

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