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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2018

Combining rTMS With Intensive Language-Action Therapy in Chronic Aphasia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Paula H Heikkinen, Friedemann Pulvermüller, Jyrki P Mäkelä, Risto J Ilmoniemi, Pantelis Lioumis, Teija Kujala, Riitta-Leena Manninen, Antti Ahvenainen, Anu Klippi

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Evaluation of rTMS in patients with poststroke aphasia: a systematic review and focused meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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  10. Advances in Neuromodulation Techniques for Aphasia Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Review.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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  18. Targeted neurorehabilitation strategies in post-stroke aphasia.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Paula H HeikkinenDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Friedemann PulvermüllerBrain Language Laboratory, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, WE4, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Jyrki P MäkeläBioMag Laboratory, HUS Medical Imaging Center University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Risto J IlmoniemiDepartment of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science, Espoo, Finland.
Pantelis LioumisTemerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Teija KujalaCognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Riitta-Leena ManninenBioMag Laboratory, HUS Medical Imaging Center University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Antti AhvenainenBioMag Laboratory, HUS Medical Imaging Center University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Anu KlippiDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Helsinki University Hospital · FIUniversity of Helsinki · FIAalto University · FIFreie Universität Berlin · DEUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuromodulation technologies, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), are promising tools for neurorehabilitation, aphasia therapy included, but not yet in common clinical use. Combined with behavioral techniques, in particular treatment-efficient

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chronic aphasiaefficacyILATlanguage rehabilitationrandomized controlled trial (RCT)rTMS

Identifiers

PMID30778280
PMCPMC6369187
OpenAlexW2913376753

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