Trial reportLasers in medical science2017
Laser acupuncture versus reflexology therapy in elderly with rheumatoid arthritis.
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 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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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.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of low-level laser therapy in adults with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of laser acupuncture tele-therapy for rheumatoid arthritis elderly patients.Lasers in medical science · 2022Trial
- The role of purinergic signaling in acupuncture-mediated relief of neuropathic and inflammatory pain.Purinergic signalling · 2025Review
- Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- What Is New in Classification, Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Narrative Review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Effectiveness of Laser Acupuncture for Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Can paracetamol lower stress and anxiety by blunting emotions during and after computer guided dental implant surgeries? Findings from a randomized crossover clinical trial.Journal of dental sciences · 2021Article
- Adaptation and validation of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) questionnaire for use in Bulgaria.Rheumatology international · 2020Article
- Acupuncture and Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
- Approaches Based on Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Intelligent Things to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Clinical Events Associated with Acupuncture Intervention for the Treatment of Chronic Inflammation Associated Disorders.Mediators of inflammation · 2020Review
- Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Associated Mechanisms: A Systemic Review.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The purposes of this study are to determine and compare efficacy of laser acupuncture versus reflexology in elderly with rheumatoid arthritis. Thirty elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis aged between 60 and 70 years were classified into two groups, 15 patients each. Group A received laser acupuncture therapy (904 nm, beam area of 1cm
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