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SynthesisCerebellum (London, England)2024

Efficacy and Safety of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cerebellar Ataxia: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Yi-Tong Qiu, Yi Chen, Hui-Xin Tan, Wei Su, Qi-Fan Guo, Qiang Gao

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Synthesis in Cerebellum (London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Treatment of primary adult-onset neurodegenerative cerebellar ataxias.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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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.

Yi-Tong Qiu *Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.
Yi ChenDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.
Hui-Xin TanDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.
Wei SuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.
Qi-Fan GuoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China.
Qiang GaoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China. gaoqiang_hxkf@163.com.
Sichuan University · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC 82172540
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebellar ataxia(CA) is defined as a degenerative disease of the nervous system. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been a promising treatment for neurological and psychiatric diseases. Hence, to find out whether cerebellar rTMS impacts CA as a potential therapy, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis. Qualified studies through a systematic search were retrieved for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using acknowledged databases. Review Manager 5.4 software was employed to synthesize the data. A total of seven studies were identified as eligible and included in the quantitative review. Comparing real and sham-rTMS interventions, the utilization of rTMS on cerebellum improved the scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA) (SMD - 0.87, 95% CI - 1.41 to - 0.34; P = 0.001; I

Indexed as

Cerebellar AtaxiaTranscranial Magnetic StimulationHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeCerebellar ataxia,Meta-analysis,RehabilitationTranscranial magnetic stimulation,

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PMID36604400
OpenAlexW4313551899

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