ArticleFrontiers in neurology2021
Ultrasound-Guided Measurement of Piriformis Muscle Thickness to Diagnose Piriformis Syndrome.
Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06460675 (Comparative Effects of Autogenic Inhibition and Reciprocal Inhibition Muscle Energy Techniques in Piriformis Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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.
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.
Comparative Effects of Autogenic Inhibition and Reciprocal Inhibition Muscle Energy Techniques in Piriformis Syndrome
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Deep Gluteal Syndrome and Persistent Sciatica in a Patient With Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Hypertrophy: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- The relationship between ambulation capacity, spasticity and piriformis muscle thickness in patients with chronic spinal cord injury: A controlled, clinical and sonographic study.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2026Article
- Reproducibility of a Shear Wave Elastography Procedure for Assessing the Piriformis Muscle Stiffness in a Sample of Healthy Young Adults Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions: An Intra- and Inter-Examiner Reliability Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical efficacy of Linggui Tanxue acupuncture combined with extracorporeal shock wave therapy for piriformis syndrome: a prospective comparative clinical study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring Rafe's Sciatica: Investigating the Link Between Spondyloarthropathy and Non-discogenic Sciatica.Cureus · 2025Article
- Comparison of Pulsed Radiofrequency and Endoscopic Piriformis Release for Refractory Piriformis Syndrome: A Propensity Score-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Testing the Safety of Piriformis Dry Needling Interventions: An Observational Study Evaluating the Predictive Value of Anthropometric and Demographic Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the Interrater Reliability of Sonographic Measurements of Muscle Thickness of 38 Piriformis Muscles in 19 Patients with Piriformis Syndrome.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- A Case-Control Study of 40 Patients with Piriformis Muscle Syndrome to Evaluate Diagnostic Findings Using Two-Dimensional Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Looking beyond Piriformis Syndrome: Is It Really the Piriformis?Hip & pelvis · 2023Review
- Ultrasound-guided Musculoskeletal Interventional Procedures Around the Hip: A Practical Guide.Journal of ultrasonography · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.