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SynthesisJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2019

Massage for Pain: An Evidence Map.

Isomi M Miake-Lye, Selene Mak, Jason Lee, Tana Luger, Stephanie L Taylor, Roberta Shanman, Jessica M Beroes-Severin, Paul G Shekelle

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Isomi M Miake-Lye1 West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Selene Mak1 West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Jason Lee3 UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA.
Tana Luger2 Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Stephanie L Taylor1 West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Roberta Shanman4 Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA.
Jessica M Beroes-Severin1 West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Paul G Shekelle1 West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health · USWest Los Angeles College · USRAND Corporation · USUCLA Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

MassageHumansPain ManagementSystematic Reviews as Topicevidence mapmassagepain

Identifiers

PMID30892910
PMCPMC6533778
OpenAlexW2922602308

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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