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Trial reportPain research & management2025

Mental Imagery Enhances Pain Reduction and Visual Processing in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: A Comparative Study.

Gülsüm Akdeniz, Kıvanç Tığlı, Nur Efşan Akıncı, Halil Kul, Melih Çamcı, Harun Demirci, Sevgi İkbali Afşar

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Trial report in Pain research & management, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Gülsüm AkdenizFaculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Biophysics, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-9411-3318
Kıvanç TığlıFaculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0009-0007-1603-4749
Nur Efşan AkıncıFaculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Biophysics, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0001-8490-1663
Halil KulFaculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-6168-7462
Melih ÇamcıFaculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-4797-0816
Harun DemirciFaculty of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-2213-5953
Sevgi İkbali AfşarFaculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Başkent University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-4003-3646

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Imagery, PsychotherapyOsteoarthritis, KneePainPain ManagementVisual PerceptionAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementReaction TimeTreatment OutcomeVisual Analog Scale

Identifiers

PMID40740591
PMCPMC12308052

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