Trial reportLasers in medical science2017
Low-level laser therapy as an adjunct to conventional therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.
Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diabetic foot wound ulcer management by laser therapy: A meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of low-level laser therapy on diabetic foot ulcers: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.International wound journal · 2021Pooled it
- Photobiomodulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of the most used parameters in the resolution diabetic foot ulcers.Lasers in medical science · 2021Pooled it
- The Healing Effect of Photobiomodulation on Venous Leg Ulcers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair SocietyPooled it
- Dose-response and efficacy of 660-nanometer low-level laser therapy in healing diabetic foot ulcers: a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial.Lasers in medical science · 2025Trial
- Treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in a frail population with severe co-morbidities using at-home photobiomodulation laser therapy: a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled pilot clinical study.Lasers in medical science · 2022Trial
- Adjuvant visible incoherent polarised phototherapy in chronic skin defects: a single-arm prospective observational cohort study.Lasers in medical science · 2026Observational
- Effects of Low-Level Light Therapy (LLLT) on Oxidative Stress in the Cutaneous Healing Process: A Literature Review.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2026Review
- Comparative efficacy and safety of non-pharmacological nursing interventions for diabetic foot ulcers: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- What's New in Wound Healing: Treatment Advances and Microbial Insights.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2025Review
- Therapeutic Effects of Photobiomodulation Combined with Exercise on Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease Plus Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Pilot and Feasibility Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Photobiomodulation in fibroblasts: from light to healing through molecular pathways, omics and artificial intelligence.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Review
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- Efficacy of Photobiomodulation Therapy in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Targeting Wnt/β-catenin signaling and its interplay with TGF-β and Notch signaling pathways for the treatment of chronic wounds.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Review
- Diabetes in spotlight: current knowledge and perspectives of photobiomodulation utilization.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Effect of Visible and Infrared Photobiomodulation on Diabetic Foot Ulcers.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2024Article
- Electromechanical therapy in diabetic foot ulcers patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2023Review
- Physical therapy in diabetic foot ulcer: Research progress and clinical application.International wound journal · 2023Review
- Photobiomodulation at 660 nm promotes collagen synthesis via downregulation of HIF-1α expression without photodamage in human scleral fibroblasts in vitro in a hypoxic environment.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Foot ulcers are serious complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) and are known to be resistant to conventional treatment. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in a tertiary care centre (Department of Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital, A.B. Road, Indore). A total of 30 patients with type 2 DM having Meggitt-Wagner grade I foot ulcers of more than 6 weeks duration with negative culture were studied. Patients were randomized into two groups of 15 each. Patients in study group received LLLT (660 ± 20 nm, 3 J/cm
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