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ArticleSystematic reviews2019

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy across chronic pain disorders: a systematic review protocol synthesising anatomical and metabolite findings in chronic pain patients.

Kirk J Levins, Thomas Drago, Elena Roman, Anna Martin, Roisin King, Paul Murphy, Hugh Gallagher, Denis Barry, Erik O'Hanlon, Darren William Roddy

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Article in Systematic reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chronic Pain and Cognitive Dysfunction: Clinical Implement, Mechanism, and Therapeutic Strategy.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  2. Determinants of Health and Performance in Wildland Firefighters: A Narrative Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025
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  6. The Interplay between Chronic Pain, Opioids, and the Immune System.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2022
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  8. Chronic Pain in Spanish Wildland Firefighters.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kirk J LevinsDepartment of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Thomas DragoTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Lloyd Building, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Elena RomanTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Lloyd Building, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Anna MartinTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Lloyd Building, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Roisin KingTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Lloyd Building, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Paul MurphyDepartment of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Hugh GallagherDepartment of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Denis BarryDepartment of Anatomy, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Erik O'HanlonTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Lloyd Building, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Darren William RoddyTrinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Lloyd Building, Dublin 2, Ireland. dwroddy@tcd.ie.ORCID 0000-0001-7070-5469
Trinity College Dublin · IESt. Vincent's University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic pain is pain greater than 3 months duration that may result from disease, trauma, surgery, or unknown origin. The overlap between the psychological, behavioural, and management aspects of pain suggest that limbic brain neurochemistry plays a role in chronic pain pathology. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ( METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Online databases including PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, OVID, and PsycINFO will be searched for articles relating to SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: This study is registered with PROSPERO CRD42018112640.

Indexed as

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Identifiers

PMID31882014
PMCPMC6935150
OpenAlexW2998059532

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