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SynthesisPain management

Efficacy of transdermal anti-inflammatory patches for musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

María B Sánchez, Michael J Callaghan, James Selfe, Michael Twigg, Toby Smith

Abstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Pain management. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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

5 authors.

María B SánchezDept of Health Professions, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6GX, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4099-3970
Michael J CallaghanDept of Health Professions, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6GX, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3540-2838
James SelfeDept of Health Professions, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6GX, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9931-4998
Michael TwiggSchool of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0910-3850
Toby SmithWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1673-2954

Funding

Manchester Metropolitan - LTU Collaborative Project Grants, 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsMusculoskeletal PainTransdermal PatchAdministration, CutaneousChronic PainHumansPain ManagementRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeAnti-Inflammatory Agentsanti-inflammatorymeta-analysismusculoskeletalpain managementplacebosystematic reviewtransdermal patch

Identifiers

PMID39574250
PMCPMC11730417

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Registered trials

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