Talk:Smell training

Adding Citing Medical Sources
As was pointed out here, this article should be citing medical sources as much as possible. I hope we can get some folks who are knowledgeable in this area cite more medical articles.

Here are some of the most commonly cited articles according to Google scholar:
 * Effects of olfactory training: a meta-analysis (lightly used in article) - 95 citations
 * Olfactory training induces changes in regional functional connectivity in patients with long-term smell loss - 66 citations
 * Recovery of Olfactory Function Induces Neuroplasticity Effects in Patients with Smell Loss - 66 citations

Here are other possible sources: https://scholar.archive.org/search?q=%22smell+training%22

Cheers, RayScript (talk) 04:46, 25 March 2021 (UTC)


 * May I suggest using this search instead? Google Scholar doesn't always provide WP:MEDRS quality sources. PubMed with meta analysis, review, systematic review, and MEDLINE ticked should provide 100% MEDRS sources. Hope this helps. – Novem Linguae  (talk) 06:19, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey . Thanks for including me as a co-writer in the DYK nomination. I don't think I'll have time to work on this today, but if you want to work on it, I think we can fix this up and get it approved for DYK. 1) We should expand the article to six meaty paragraphs, then switch the rating on the talk page from stub class to start class. 2) The DYK nominator didn't mention this, but from my experience working on medical articles, this article needs some work to comply with WP:MEDRS. I think we should fix this before it hits the front page. The best way to do this is to go to PubMed, search for "smell training" or "olfactory training", and click the following 4 filters: review, systematic review, meta-analysis, MEDLINE. Then we should replace any non-medical journal sources or medical journal non-review article sources with these sources. Hope this helps. – Novem Linguae (talk) 18:16, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , I also don't think I'll be able to get this done in time for DKY. When I look at the articles following your search suggestion I'm really not sure like in them is worthwhile so bring back to the wikipedia article. They are mostly about the methodology and talk of the numbers. Do you have any suggestions for what topics these further paragraphs might cover? Additionally, do you have examples of wikipedia articles I may see as a good example? RayScript (talk) 20:17, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , I'll try to work on this tonight or tomorrow. Examples of fully compliant MEDRS articles are biology featured articles, such as Virus or Introduction to viruses. – Novem Linguae (talk) 20:24, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

More sources
In case anyone wants to expand the article, you might consider tracking down these:


 * "Diagnostics and treatment of olfactory dysfunction" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30725125/ (original in German)
 * "Position paper on olfactory dysfunction" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29528615/
 * Clinical Implications of Psychophysical Olfactory Testing: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Outcome https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8012732/ (Frontiers in Neuroscience is mid-range journal by a publisher with variable quality, from very good to pretty bad. A couple of editors remove anything by this publisher rather than trying to figure out which [few] are the actually bad ones.)
 * "Effects of olfactory training on posttraumatic olfactory dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis " https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33486898/ (top-tier journal in the relevant medical specialty)
 * "Olfactory Training for Postviral Olfactory Dysfunction: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32660334/
 * "The Loss of Smell and Taste in the COVID-19 Outbreak: a Tale of Many Countries" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7397453/
 * "Treatment of post‐viral olfactory dysfunction: an evidence‐based review with recommendations" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7361320/ (top-tier journal in the relevant medical specialty)
 * "Management of new onset loss of sense of smell during the COVID-19 pandemic - BRS Consensus Guidelines" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7461026/ (Consensus guidelines are always good)
 * "Olfactory Training" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33620818/ Stat Pearls isn't necessarily a great source, but it provides some information about the limitations of the research evidence.

I hope this will be useful to anyone who wants to expand this article even further. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:29, 4 May 2021 (UTC)