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SynthesisNutrients2025

Comparative Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplements in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Network Meta-Analysis.

Yuntong Zhang, Yunfei Gui, Roger Adams, Joshua Farragher, Catherine Itsiopoulos, Keegan Bow, Ming Cai, Jia Han

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

8 authors.

Yuntong ZhangGraduate School of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Yunfei GuiCollege of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China.
Roger AdamsCollege of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1465-1413
Joshua FarragherSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3282-1834
Catherine ItsiopoulosSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
Keegan BowSchool of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia.
Ming CaiCollege of Rehabilitation Sciences, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, China.
Jia HanGraduate School of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsOsteoarthritis, KneeAgedBayes TheoremBoswelliaCollagenCurcuminFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeVitamin DZingiber officinaleCollagenCurcuminVitamin Dknee osteoarthritisnetwork meta-analysisnutritional supplements

Identifiers

PMID40806131
PMCPMC12348802

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