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SynthesisMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2021

Systematic Review of Mind-Body Interventions to Treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Samaneh Khanpour Ardestani, Mohammad Karkhaneh, Eleanor Stein, Salima Punja, Daniela R Junqueira, Tatiana Kuzmyn, Michelle Pearson, Laurie Smith, Karin Olson, Sunita Vohra

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Recent research in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an evidence map.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025
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  14. Acquiring a new understanding of illness and agency: a narrative study of recovering from chronic fatigue syndrome.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023
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  18. Turning a Corner in ME/CFS Research.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Samaneh Khanpour ArdestaniDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.
Mohammad KarkhanehInstitute of Health Economics, Edmonton, AB T6X 0E1, Canada.
Eleanor SteinDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2T4L8, Canada.
Salima PunjaDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.
Daniela R JunqueiraDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.
Tatiana KuzmynPatient Research Partner, Retired RN, Patient and Community Engagement Research (PaCER) Program Graduate, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2P 1B2, Canada.
Michelle PearsonPatient Research Partner, MAPC, CEO Wunjo IS, Calgary, AB T3K 4N8, Canada.
Laurie SmithPatient Research Partner, Calgary, AB 95060, Canada.
Karin OlsonFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.
Sunita VohraDepartments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, Canada.
University of Alberta · CAUniversity of Calgary · CAInstitute of Health Economics · CA

Funding

University of Calgary Not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cognitive Behavioral TherapyFatigue Syndrome, ChronicAdultDepressionExercise TherapyHumansQuality of Lifeadultsmind-body interventionsmyalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndromesystematic review

Identifiers

PMID34202826
PMCPMC8305555
OpenAlexW3174728887

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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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.