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Trial reportScientific reports2020

Therapeutic effects of Low intensity extracorporeal low energy shock wave therapy (LiESWT) on stress urinary incontinence.

Cheng-Yu Long, Kun-Ling Lin, Yung-Chin Lee, Shu-Mien Chuang, Jian-He Lu, Bin-Nan Wu, Kuang-Shun Chueh, Chin-Ru Ker, Mei-Chen Shen, Yung-Shun Juan

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Cheng-Yu Long *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Kun-Ling Lin *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0856-6423
Yung-Chin LeeDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shu-Mien ChuangDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Jian-He LuDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Bin-Nan WuDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-5120
Kuang-Shun ChuehDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chin-Ru KerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Mei-Chen ShenDepartment of Urology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yung-Shun JuanGraduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. juanuro@gmail.com.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effects of Low intensity extracorporeal low energy shock wave therapy (LiESWT) on stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The investigation was a single-arm, open-label, multicentre study conducted in Taiwan. 50 female patients with SUI received LiESWT-treated with 0.25 mJ/mm

Indexed as

AdultAgedExtracorporeal Shockwave TherapyFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNocturiaQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesTaiwanTreatment OutcomeUrinary BladderUrinary Bladder, OveractiveUrinary Incontinence, StressYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID32242035
PMCPMC7118154
OpenAlexW3014667210

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