SynthesisToxins2020
Comparative Effectiveness of Botulinum Toxin Injection for Chronic Shoulder Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Synthesis in Toxins, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- The efficacy of Botulinum Toxin in Tennis Elbow: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.International orthopaedics · 2024Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Treatment of Localized and Referred Masticatory Myofascial Pain with Botulinum Toxin Injection.Toxins · 2020Trial
- H-Wave device stimulation benefits chronic shoulder pain in an observational cohort study of patient-reported outcome measures.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Shoulder Spasticity Treatment With Botulinum Toxin: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey of Clinical Practices.Cureus · 2023Article
- Anatomical analysis of the motor endplate zones of the suprascapular nerve to the infraspinatus muscle and its clinical significance in managing pain disorder.Journal of anatomy · 2023Article
- Brazilian Academy of Neurology practice guidelines for stroke rehabilitation: part I.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Article
- Article
- Comparative Effectiveness of Injection Therapies for Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain in Stroke: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Botulinum toxin (BoNT) injection is regarded as a promising treatment for musculoskeletal pain. However, its efficacy for treating chronic shoulder pain remains unclear. We investigated the effectiveness of BoNT injections for chronic shoulder pain by conducting a systematic search of electronic databases up to March 2020 for randomized control trials (RCTs) that used BoNT injections for chronic shoulder pain treatment. The primary outcome was the between-group comparison of pain reduction, quantified by the standardized mean difference (SMD). Nine RCTs comprising 666 patients were included and divided into two groups: one group with shoulder joint pain (
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