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ReviewMedicines (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment is Consistently Effective for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: The Results of a Systematic Review of Treatment and Comparison to a Placebo Group.

Chadwick Prodromos, Susan Finkle, Tobias Rumschlag, John Lotus

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In one paragraph

Review in Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Stem cell injections for osteoarthritis of the knee.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  9. Autologous conditioned serum for implant site enhancement.Journal of advanced periodontology & implant dentistry · 2022
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chadwick ProdromosIllinois Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.
Susan FinkleIllinois Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.
Tobias RumschlagIllinois Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.
John LotusIllinois Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.
Cincinnati Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

adipose tissueautologousbone marrow aspirateknee osteoarthritismesenchymal stem cellstem cell

Identifiers

PMID32722216
PMCPMC7459966
OpenAlexW3043828498

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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