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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Neuropathic Pain and Ultrasonography: A Multiperspective Literature Evaluation.

Daniele Coraci, Serena Vincenza Capobianco, Marcello Romano, Salvatore Calvaruso, Michele Vecchio, Silvia Giovannini, Claudia Loreti, Augusto Fusco, Stefano Masiero, Valter Santilli and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

11 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Daniele CoraciDepartment of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35121 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7019-9006
Serena Vincenza CapobiancoCTO "Andrea Alesini" Hospital, 00145 Rome, Italy.
Marcello RomanoNeurology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia Cervello, 90146 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7991-6182
Salvatore CalvarusoItalian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 00198 Rome, Italy.
Michele VecchioDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Silvia GiovanniniUOC Neuroriabilitazione ad Alta Intensità, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Claudia LoretiUOC Neuroriabilitazione ad Alta Intensità, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Augusto FuscoUOC Neuroriabilitazione ad Alta Intensità, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8528-7834
Stefano MasieroDepartment of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35121 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0361-4898
Valter SantilliDepartment of Anatomical and Histological Sciences, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, "Sapienza" University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Luca PaduaUOC Neuroriabilitazione ad Alta Intensità, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2570-9326
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITUniversity of Padua · ITCTO Andrea Alesini · ITOspedale Vincenzo Cervello · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the tools useful for the management of neuropathic pain, ultrasound presents several advantages, shown by the literature. We assessed the scientific production about neuropathic pain and ultrasound from different points of view: general topics, journal categories, geographical origin and lexical analysis. We searched papers on PubMed using the Medical Subject Headings "neuropathic pain" AND "ultrasound". We collected data about the journals where the papers were published, the country of the affiliation of the first author. For the lexical analysis, we evaluated the presence of selected words in the papers, and we built a graph representing the connections among words and papers. The papers were focused on the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool and guide for the therapy, assessing its application in different diseases such as Morton's neuroma and piriformis syndrome. The most represented journal category was anesthesia while the most common country the United States of America. The lexical analysis confirmed the importance of ultrasound for diagnosis of specific disease and treatment of pain. The described approaches provide a multiperspective evaluation of the literature and may support the interpretation of the information contained by the papers.

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diagnosisgraph-theorypainrehabilitationtreatmentultrasound

Identifiers

PMID34574046
PMCPMC8470278
OpenAlexW3200406028

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