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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2021

Immediate Effect of Dry Needling at Myofascial Trigger Point on Hand Spasticity in Chronic Post-stroke Patients: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Zengqiao Zhang, Wu Wang, Yongjia Song, Tianjun Zhai, Yan Zhu, Liming Jiang, Qunfeng Li, Lei Jin, Kunpeng Li, Wei Feng

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Safety of dry needling in stroke patients: a scoping review.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zengqiao ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation, Seventh People's Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Wu WangDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Shanghai Second Rehabilitation Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Yongjia SongSchool of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Tianjun ZhaiSchool of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yan ZhuDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Shanghai Second Rehabilitation Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Liming JiangDepartment of Rehabilitation, Seventh People's Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Qunfeng LiDepartment of Rehabilitation, Seventh People's Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Lei JinDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shanghai Hudong Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Kunpeng LiSchool of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Wei FengDepartment of Rehabilitation, Seventh People's Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanghai Second People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

dry needlinghand spasticityimmediate effectmyofascial trigger pointstroke

Identifiers

PMID34777214
PMCPMC8585994
OpenAlexW3209206200

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