Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33391147›Full record

SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2020

Acupuncture vs. Pharmacological Prophylaxis of Migraine: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Carlo Maria Giovanardi, Michela Cinquini, Marco Aguggia, Gianni Allais, Manuela Campesato, Sabina Cevoli, Fabio Gentili, Annunzio Matrà, Silvia Minozzi

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis 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 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Carlo Maria GiovanardiItalian Federation of Acupuncture Societies, Bologna, Italy.
Michela CinquiniLaboratory of Clinical Research Methodology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Marco AguggiaSOC Neurologia e Centro Cefalee, Ospedale Cardinal Massaia, Asti, Italy.
Gianni AllaisDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Women's Headache Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Manuela CampesatoUO Anaestesia and Pain Therapy Unit Melotti, Department of Emergency and Urgency, Bologna, Italy.
Sabina CevoliIRCCS, Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Fabio GentiliGeneral Practitioner, Specialist in Internal Medicine, Bologna, Italy.
Annunzio MatràGeneral Practitioner, Bologna, Italy.
Silvia MinozziLaboratory of Clinical Research Methodology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · ITAzienda Sanitaria Locale di Asti · ITIstituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

acupuncture—therapymigrainepharmacological prophylaxisRCTssystematic review

Identifiers

PMID33391147
PMCPMC7773012
OpenAlexW3113279005

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.