How to Write Systematic Review or Metaanalysis.

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.

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.

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Ultrasound Imaging as a Visual Biofeedback Tool in Rehabilitation: An Updated Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
   Pooled it
2. Proposed characterization of the syndrome of epidural pneumatosis (pneumorrhachis) in patients with forceful vomiting from diabetic ketoacidosis as a clinico-radiologic pentad based on systematic literature review & an illustrative case report.Medicine · 2020
   Pooled it
3. Effects of Spinal Manipulation and Dry Needling on Headache and Migraine: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
   Review
4. A step-by-step guide for systematic reviews and meta-analyses in spine surgery-study execution: a narrative review.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2025
   Review
5. Potential Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Orthodontic Treatment: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies.European journal of dentistry · 2023
   Article
6. Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Stimulation Targeting Peripheral Nerve Tissue on Pain and Function: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
   Article
7. Does Growth Stunting Correlate with Oral Health in Children?: A Systematic Review.European journal of dentistry · 2022
   Article
8. Limited evidence of benefits of patient operated intelligent primary care triage tools: findings of a literature review.BMJ health & care informatics · 2020
   Review

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.