Topical Analgesic Improved or Maintained Ballistic Hip Flexion Range of Motion with Treated and Untreated Legs.

Arielle Whalen, Kaitlyn Farrell, Stephanie Roberts, Hannah Smith, David G Behm

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial

In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of sports science & medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

4citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it

0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

Modulation of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels by plant derived substances used in over-the-counter cough and cold remedies.Respiratory research · 2023
Pooled it
Non-local acute stretching effects on strength performance in healthy young adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2021
Pooled it
Non-local Acute Passive Stretching Effects on Range of Motion in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021
Pooled it
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation improves fatigue performance of the treated and contralateral knee extensors.European journal of applied physiology · 2019
Article

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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arielle WhalenSchool of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Kaitlyn FarrellSchool of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Stephanie RobertsSchool of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Hannah SmithSchool of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

David G BehmSchool of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Memorial University of Newfoundland · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased stretch tolerance can contribute to improved range of motion (ROM). Since menthol-based topical analgesics (TopAnalg) suppress pain, they may increase stretch thresholds improving ROM. Other modalities such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and rolling have demonstrated decreased pain sensitivity in the contralateral limb. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a TopAnalg on active and passive ROM of the treated and contralateral (untreated) leg. With a double blind, repeated measures design, 14 university student

Indexed as

Administration, TopicalAnalgesicsDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHamstring MusclesHip JointHumansMaleMentholMuscle Stretching ExercisesMyalgiaRange of Motion, ArticularSex FactorsTime FactorsYoung AdultAnalgesicsMentholcrossoverdynamic stretchingflexibilityMentholstatic stretching

Identifiers

PMID31427878

PMCPMC6683618

OpenAlexW2966010660

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.