Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41548884›Full record

ArticleCartilage2026

Bethany R Harting, Sarah K Fox, Adam D Foster, Thomas M Motyka, Amy N Hinkelman

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Article in Cartilage, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing 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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
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.

Bethany R HartingJerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-5187-4300
Sarah K FoxJerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, USA.
Adam D FosterDepartment of Anatomy, Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1265-8171
Thomas M MotykaDepartments of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Internal Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-9327-9062
Amy N HinkelmanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8854-8860

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ObjectiveHypertonic injection of dextrose is an alternative treatment for reducing pain and increasing function in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Dextrose prolotherapy (DP) is hypothesized to induce localized inflammation, leading to proliferation of cells in the joint space. This

Indexed as

alternative therapycell viabilitydextrosefibroblastinjection treatmentjoint disorderknee osteoarthritismetabolic activitypain managementproliferationprolotherapy

Identifiers

PMID41548884
PMCPMC12812509

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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