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ArticleLasers in medical science2020

Dose-dependent effect of the pulsed Nd:YAG laser in the treatment of crushed sciatic nerve in Wister rats: an experimental model.

Mohamed Salaheldien Mohamed Alayat, Mohammad Abubakar Basalamah, Wagih Gamal Eldin Abd-Elghany Elbarrany, Naser Ahmed Mahmoud El-Sawy, Ehab Mohamed Abdel-Kafy, Amir Abdel-Raouf El-Fiky

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Article in Lasers in medical science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohamed Salaheldien Mohamed AlayatPhysical Therapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. msayiat@uqu.edu.sa.
Mohammad Abubakar BasalamahDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Wagih Gamal Eldin Abd-Elghany ElbarranyDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Naser Ahmed Mahmoud El-SawyDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Ehab Mohamed Abdel-KafyPhysical Therapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Amir Abdel-Raouf El-FikyPhysical Therapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Umm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

The National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (MAARIFAH), King Abdulaziz city for science and Technology - the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 12-MED 2958-10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the efficacy of three energy densities 4, 10, and 50 J/cm

Indexed as

Nerve CrushAction PotentialsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, RadiationLasers, Solid-StateMaleNerve RegenerationNeural ConductionRats, WistarSciatic NerveCrushing injuryElectrophysiologyEnergy densityPulsed Nd:YAG laserSciatic functional index

Identifiers

PMID32193821
OpenAlexW3012039511

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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.