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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Ibuprofen and Manual Therapy in Young Women with Dysmenorrhea-A Pilot Study.

Zofia Barcikowska, Elżbieta Rajkowska-Labon, Magdalena Emilia Grzybowska, Rita Hansdorfer-Korzon, Piotr Wąż, Katarzyna Zorena

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zofia BarcikowskaDepartment of Immunobiology and Environment Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4482-1500
Elżbieta Rajkowska-LabonDepartment of Physical Therapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1630-4335
Magdalena Emilia GrzybowskaDepartment of Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Smoluchowskiego 17, 80-214 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5311-3450
Rita Hansdorfer-KorzonDepartment of Physical Therapy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3777-9153
Piotr WążDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Tuwima 15, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0696-9950
Katarzyna ZorenaDepartment of Immunobiology and Environment Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2640-3791
Gdańsk Medical University · PL

Funding

Co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development 2014-2020 POWR.03.05.00-00-z082/18
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of manual therapy and the use of ibuprofen on the severity of dysmenorrhea and changes in the level of sex hormones in young women with dysmenorrhea.

Indexed as

17-beta estradioldysmenorrheaibuprofenmanual therapymuscle tenderness and flexibilityprogesteroneyoung women

Identifiers

PMID34064282
PMCPMC8224382
OpenAlexW3164964731

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