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ArticleChinese journal of integrative medicine2020

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Meng-Hu Guo, Ling Zhao, Fan Wu, Jiong Du, Chen-Huan Ding, Jing-Hua Ge, Ming T Tan, Li-Xing Lao, Xue-Yong Shen, Ke Cheng

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Article in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Meng-Hu GuoSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Ling ZhaoSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Fan WuSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Jiong DuShuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200021, China.
Chen-Huan DingRenji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200127, China.
Jing-Hua GeShanghai Changning Tianshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shanghai, 200051, China.
Ming T TanDepartment of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 20057, USA.
Li-Xing LaoSchool of Chinese Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xue-Yong ShenSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Ke ChengSchool of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China. cheng_ker@hotmail.com.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNAnshan Hospital · CNGeorgetown University · USRenji Hospital · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundKnee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability among the older adults. Few treatments are safe and effective. Moxibustion is commonly used in treating knee OA in Chinese medicine (CM). CO

objectiveObjectiveThe trial aims to assess the effect and safety of CO

methodsThis is a protocol for a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. A total of 392 participants were recruited and assigned to the CO DISCUSSION: CO

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Carbon DioxideDouble-Blind MethodHumansLaser TherapyMiddle AgedMoxibustionMulticenter Studies as TopicOsteoarthritis, KneePain MeasurementRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSurveys and QuestionnairesCarbon DioxideChinese medicineknee osteoarthritislaser moxibustionpainrandomized controlled trial

Identifiers

PMID31974753
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What OpenQuestion holds

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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.