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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2020

Can Therapeutic Exercise Slow Down Progressive Functional Decline in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis? A Meta-Analysis.

Donghwi Park, Sang Gyu Kwak, Jin-Sung Park, Yoo Jin Choo, Min Cheol Chang

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Mechanisms of exercise as a preventative measure to muscle wasting.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2021
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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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Donghwi ParkDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, South Korea.
Sang Gyu KwakDepartment of Medical Statistics, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, South Korea.
Jin-Sung ParkDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, South Korea.
Yoo Jin ChooDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeoungnam University, Daegu, South Korea.
Min Cheol ChangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeoungnam University, Daegu, South Korea.
Yeungnam University Medical Center · KRCatholic University of Daegu · KRKyungpook National University Hospital · KRUlsan College · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

amyotrophic lateral sclerosisconventional exercisemeta-analysismotor functionrespiratory functiontherapeutic exercise

Identifiers

PMID32903629
PMCPMC7438585
OpenAlexW3049295365

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