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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

"Do Not Mix Apples with Oranges" to Avoid Misinterpretation of Placebo Effects in Manual Therapy: The Risk Is Resulting in a Fruit Basket. Comment on Molina-Àlvarez et al. Manual Therapy Effect in Placebo-Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Giacomo Rossettini, Leonardo Pellicciari, Andrea Turolla

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Giacomo RossettiniSchool of Physiotherapy, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1623-7681
Leonardo PellicciariIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, 40139 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9521-3759
Andrea TurollaDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1609-8060

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We read with interest the systematic review with the meta-analysis by Miguel Molina-Álvarez et al. [...].

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Placebo EffectPublic HealthCausalityMeta-Analysis as TopicRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSystematic Reviews as Topic

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PMID37568986
PMCPMC10418991

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