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ArticleBrain : a journal of neurology2025

On the use of sham transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation in spinal cord injury clinical trials.

John L K Kramer, Tania Lam, Fabio M V Rossi, Judy Illes

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Article in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Functional Electrical Stimulation and Stroke Rehabilitation Research: The Critical Role of Sham Control Groups.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026
    Article
  2. Arachidonic acid metabolism in spinal cord injury.Journal of advanced research · 2026
    Review
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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

4 authors.

John L K KramerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, BC V5Z 1M9.
Tania LamInternational Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, BC V5Z 1M9.
Fabio M V RossiSchool of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, BC V6T 1Z3.
Judy IllesNeuroethics Canada, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, BC V6T 2B5.

Funding

Government of Canada NFRFGovernment of Canada NFRFT-2020-00238North Family FoundationUniversity of British Columbia
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID39901727
PMCPMC12073991

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