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ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2020

Menthol-induced cutaneous stimulation combined with self-paced walking training improves knee extension performance in untrained older healthy females.

Tadayuki Tokunaga, Chigaya Tadano, Masuo Muro, Hitoshi Sugawara

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Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 96% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tadayuki TokunagaPersonal Health Care Products Research Laboratories, Kao Corporation: 2-1-3 Bunka, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 131-8501, Japan.
Chigaya TadanoSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Japan.
Masuo MuroSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Japan.
Hitoshi SugawaraSchool of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University, Japan.
Toho University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] The present study aimed to investigate whether self-paced walking training utilizing the facilitating effect of skin cooling with menthol gel application was effective in untrained older healthy females. [Participants and Methods] Forty-two untrained healthy older females (aged 60-69 years) were divided into the following three groups: (i) Walking training with menthol group: G

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MentholRate of force developmentWalking training

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PMID32273649
PMCPMC7113423
OpenAlexW3014486262

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