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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

The Effectiveness of Individual or Group Physiotherapy in the Management of Sub-Acromial Impingement: A Randomised Controlled Trial and Health Economic Analysis.

Ian Ryans, Rhona Galway, Annette Harte, Rejina Verghis, Ashley Agus, Neil Heron, Roland McKane

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialEquivalence Trial
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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 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ian RyansGeneral Practice Elective Care Service (MSK), Eastern GP Federations, Belfast, BT8 7AR, Ireland.
Rhona GalwayRheumatology Department, South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust, Dundonald BT16 1RH, Ireland.
Annette HarteSchool of Health Sciences, Ulster University, Belfast BT37 0QB, Ireland.
Rejina VerghisNorthern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit, Belfast BT12 6BA, Ireland.
Ashley AgusNorthern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit, Belfast BT12 6BA, Ireland.
Neil HeronDepartment of General Practice, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4123-9806
Roland McKaneRheumatology Department, South Eastern Health and Social Services Trust, Dundonald BT16 1RH, Ireland.
Cancer Trials Ireland · IESouth Eastern Health and Social Care Trust · GBQueen's University Belfast · GBUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Physical Therapy ModalitiesPsychotherapy, GroupShoulder Impingement SyndromeAdultAgedCost-Benefit AnalysisFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedShoulder PainSingle-Blind MethodTreatment Outcomegroupphysiotherapyshouldersubacromial impingement

Identifiers

PMID32752234
PMCPMC7432922
OpenAlexW3046860008

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Registered trials

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