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SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2020

Acupuncture for Improving Cognitive Impairment After Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Liang Zhou, Yao Wang, Jun Qiao, Qing Mei Wang, Xun Luo

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Synthesis in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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24citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 countries.

Liang ZhouDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Yao WangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dapeng New District Nan'ao People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Jun QiaoThe Second Rehabilitation Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
Qing Mei WangStroke Biological Recovery Laboratory, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, The Teaching Affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Xun LuoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dapeng New District Nan'ao People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Shenzhen Sixth People's Hospital · CNHarvard University · USPeking University Shenzhen Hospital · CNShanghai Second People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

acupuncturecognitive impairmentelectroacupunctureMMSEpost stroke

Identifiers

PMID33424671
PMCPMC7793937
OpenAlexW3106960147

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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