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ArticleAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration2021

Longitudinal evaluation of upper motor neuron burden scales in primary lateral sclerosis.

Mary Kay Floeter, Tianxia Wu

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Article in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mary Kay FloeterMotor Neuron Disorder Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Tianxia WuBiostatistics Unit, Clinical Trials Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · US

Funding

Spasticity and Upper Motor Neuron DisordersZIANS002976 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI FLOETER, MARY KAY · 2009 to 2019
$7.3M
Spinal And Peripheral Mechanisms Of Human Motor ControlZ01NS002976 · NINDS · NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI FLOETER, MARY KAY · 1999 to 2008
$1.8M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 NS002976Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS002976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess whether published scales for measuring upper motor neuron burden (UMNB) show longitudinal change in patients with primary lateral sclerosis (PLS).

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisMotor Neuron DiseaseCohort StudiesHumansMotor NeuronsRetrospective Studiesnatural historyoutcome measuresPrimary lateral sclerosisspasticityupper motor neuron

Identifiers

PMID32657626
PMCPMC7935469
OpenAlexW3042977880

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Registered trials

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