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Trial reportThe Journal of international medical research2019

Comparison of diclofenac gel, ibuprofen gel, and ibuprofen gel with levomenthol for the topical treatment of pain associated with musculoskeletal injuries.

Alan G Wade, Gordon M Crawford, David Young, Stephen Corson, Colin Brown

Registry-linked trialAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in The Journal of international medical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05816226 (Comparison of Topical 1% Diclofenac and Topical 2.5% Hydrocortisone for TMJ Arthralgia), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
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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.

NCT05816226 phase3recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Comparison of Topical 1% Diclofenac and Topical 2.5% Hydrocortisone for TMJ Arthralgia

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of the PacificRan2023 to 2026Enrolled90ConditionsTMJ PainArmsHydrocortisone 2.5%, Diclofenac 1% topical
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Hepatoprotective effect ofAmerican journal of translational research · 2025
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  6. Efficacy and mechanism ofAmerican journal of translational research · 2024
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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

5 authors.

Alan G WadeCPS Research, West of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Gordon M CrawfordCPS Research, West of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
David YoungDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Stephen CorsonPHASTAR, Glasgow, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4394-551X
Colin BrownResearch and Quality Development, The Mentholatum Company Ltd, East Kilbride, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Administration, TopicalAdolescentAdultAgedDiclofenacFemaleGelsHumansIbuprofenMaleMentholMiddle AgedMusculoskeletal SystemPainSurvival AnalysisYoung AdultDiclofenacGelsIbuprofenMentholAnalgesicdiclofenacibuprofenlevomentholmentholpain relieftopical

Identifiers

PMID31353997
PMCPMC6753541

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