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ArticleMedical hypotheses2021

Carpal, cubital or tarsal tunnel syndrome after SARS-CoV-2 infection: A causal link?

Luca Roncati, Greta Gianotti, Davide Gravina, Giovanna Attolini, Giuliana Zanelli, Norman Della Rosa, Roberto Adani

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Article in Medical hypotheses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Temporally after COVID-19 Vaccination.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luca RoncatiInstitute of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. Electronic address: luca.roncati@unimore.it.
Greta GianottiInstitute of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Davide GravinaUnit of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy.
Giovanna AttoliniInstitute of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Giuliana ZanelliInstitute of Pathology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Norman Della RosaUnit of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy.
Roberto AdaniUnit of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy.
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 is a complex disease with many clinicopathological issues, including respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, renal, cutaneous, and coagulative ones; in addition, reactive arthritis has been reported by different authors. Here, we hypothesize that a peripheral microangiopathy involving nerve supply, a viral demyelination, or an immune-mediated irritating antigenic stimulus on synovial sheaths after SARS-CoV-2 infection may all induce a carpal, cubital or tarsal tunnel syndrome of variable entity in genetically predisposed subjects associated with myxoid nerve degeneration.

Indexed as

Carpal Tunnel SyndromeCOVID-19Cubital Tunnel SyndromeTarsal Tunnel SyndromeHumansSARS-CoV-2Carpal tunnel syndromeCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Cubital tunnel syndromeHistopathologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Tarsal tunnel syndrome

Identifiers

PMID34217126
PMCPMC8223113
OpenAlexW3173460067

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