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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2022

Muscle-MRI and Functional Levels for the Evaluation of Upper Limbs in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Critical Review of the Literature.

Lara Cristiano, Claudia Brogna, Giorgio Tasca, Tommaso Verdolotti, Marika Pane, Eugenio Mercuri

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 46% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lara CristianoPediatric Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Claudia BrognaPediatric Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Giorgio TascaUnità Operativa Complessa di Neurologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Tommaso VerdolottiInstitute of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8094-2847
Marika PanePediatric Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Eugenio MercuriPediatric Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many qualitative and quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques have been applied to evaluate muscle fat degeneration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) subjects, but only few studies have focused on the upper limbs. We reviewed the literature in order to evaluate the association between muscle MRI findings and motor function levels in the upper limbs of DMD patients. Ten studies with upper limb muscle MRI data were available. Four explored all upper limb segments, while six explored only the forearm. Functional assessments were performed in nine of the ten studies. All of the studies showed a significant correlation between muscle MRI changes and motor function levels in both ambulant and non-ambulant DMD patients.

Indexed as

Muscular Dystrophy, DuchenneForearmHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMuscle, SkeletalUpper ExtremityDMDmuscle MRIPULupper limbs

Identifiers

PMID35334617
PMCPMC8954550
OpenAlexW4220705957

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