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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Musculoskeletal and Neuropathic Pain in COVID-19.

Christopher M Lam, Miles Sanderson, Dan T Vu, Dawood Sayed, Usman Latif, Andrea L Chadwick, Peter Staats, Abigail York, Gabriella Smith, Vivek Velagapudi and 1 more

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Post-COVID Functional Status among COVID-19 Survivors: A Single-Center Prospective Observational Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher M LamDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2848-6255
Miles SandersonDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Dan T VuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2863-1811
Dawood SayedDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8867-2140
Usman LatifDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Andrea L ChadwickDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Peter StaatsNational Spine and Pain Centers, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4079-5165
Abigail YorkDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Gabriella SmithSchool of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8420-2918
Vivek VelagapudiSchool of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6460-0230
Talal W KhanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pain, and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3022-721X
University of Kansas Medical Center · USInternational Spine, Pain & Performance · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pain constitutes a significant disease burden globally and accounts for a substantial portion of healthcare spending. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to an increase in this burden as patients presented with musculoskeletal or neuropathic pain after contracting COVID-19 or had their chronic pain symptoms exacerbated by the virus. This extensive literature review analyzes the epidemiology of pain pre-pandemic, the costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the virus on the body, mechanisms of pain, management of chronic pain post-pandemic, and potential treatment options available for people living with chronic pain who have had or are currently infected with COVID-19.

Indexed as

COVID-19diagnostic challengesdisabilityepidemiologymultidisciplinary pain managementmusculoskeletal painneuropathic painnew techniquespain mechanismspandemic and impact on pain

Identifiers

PMID38337848
PMCPMC10855145
OpenAlexW4391556220

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Registered trials

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