Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31888139›Full record

ArticleMedicines (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Multimodal Laser Stimulation and Traditional Needle Acupuncture in Post-Stroke Patients-A Pilot Cross-Over Study with Results from Near Infrared Spectroscopy.

Gerhard Litscher, Xiaoning Zhang, Zemin Sheng, Xiang-Hong Jing, Lu Wang

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Article in Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Guidance for Acupuncture Robot with Potentially Utilizing Medical Robotic Technologies.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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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 at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gerhard LitscherResearch Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6287-0130
Xiaoning ZhangResearch Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.
Zemin ShengDepartment of TCM, Privatclinic Lassnitzhoehe, 8301 Lassnitzhoehe, Austria.
Xiang-Hong JingInstitute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Lu WangResearch Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Research Center Graz, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNMedical University of Graz · AT

Funding

Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research Sino-Austrian TCM Research on Lifestyle-Related Diseases: Innovative Acupuncture Research" (2016-2019)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

acupuncturebody acupunctureear acupuncturelaser stimulationnear infrared spectroscopyscalp acupuncturestroke

Identifiers

PMID31888139
PMCPMC6963268
OpenAlexW2995289395

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Registered trials

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