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ArticleJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology2019

The Synovium Theory: Can Exercise Prevent Knee Osteoarthritis? The Role of "Mechanokines", A Possible Biological Key.

Michelino Di Rosa, Paola Castrogiovanni, Giuseppe Musumeci

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Article in Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michelino Di RosaDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Human Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1837-9325
Paola CastrogiovanniDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Human Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5873-2456
Giuseppe MusumeciDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Human Anatomy and Histology Section, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8260-8890

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating disease widespread in the world, having a negative impact on daily activities, especially in old age [...].

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PMID33467326
PMCPMC7739218

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