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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Effects of Manual Therapy on Fatigue, Pain, and Psychological Aspects in Women with Fibromyalgia.

Yolanda Nadal-Nicolás, Jacobo Ángel Rubio-Arias, María Martínez-Olcina, Cristina Reche-García, María Hernández-García, Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez

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In one paragraph

Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Are OMERACT recommendations followed in clinical trials on fibromyalgia? A systematic review of patient-reported outcomes and their measures.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023
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  5. Vegetarian and Vegan Diet in Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  15. Personality Assessment Inventory in Fibromyalgia: Links to Functional, Physical-Somatic, and Emotional Impact.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025
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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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yolanda Nadal-NicolásFaculty of Medicine, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain.
Jacobo Ángel Rubio-AriasDepartment of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Science, Polytechnic University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
María Martínez-OlcinaFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
Cristina Reche-GarcíaFaculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain.
María Hernández-GarcíaFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
Alejandro Martínez-RodríguezFaculty of Sciences, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
University of Alicante · ESUniversidad Católica de Murcia · ESUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid · ESUniversitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibromyalgia is a condition characterised by chronic widespread muscle pain and fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive disorders, and mood disturbance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a manual therapy technique performed with moderate digital pressure in women with fibromyalgia (

Indexed as

FibromyalgiaMusculoskeletal ManipulationsSleep Wake DisordersFemaleHumansPainPain MeasurementQuality of Lifechronic diseasechronic painmuscle fatiguesleep disorders

Identifiers

PMID32604939
PMCPMC7345776
OpenAlexW3037087645

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Registered trials

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