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Trial reportLasers in medical science2018

Randomized, blinded, controlled trial on effectiveness of photobiomodulation therapy and exercise training in the fibromyalgia treatment.

Mariana Moreira da Silva, Regiane Albertini, Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho, Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal-Junior, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Stella Sousa Vieira, Danilo Sales Bocalini, Luis Vicente Franco de Oliveira, Vanessa Grandinetti, José Antonio Silva and 1 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Are OMERACT recommendations followed in clinical trials on fibromyalgia? A systematic review of patient-reported outcomes and their measures.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mariana Moreira da SilvaLaboratory of Biophotonic, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Regiane AlbertiniFederal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Paulo de Tarso Camillo de CarvalhoLaboratory of Biophotonic, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal-JuniorLaboratory of Biophotonic, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Sandra Kalil BussadoriLaboratory of Biophotonic, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Stella Sousa VieiraFederal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Danilo Sales BocaliniTranslational Physiology Laboratory, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Luis Vicente Franco de OliveiraCentro Universitário de Anápolis, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
Vanessa GrandinettiLaboratory of Biophotonic, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
José Antonio SilvaLaboratory of Biophotonic, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Andrey Jorge SerraLaboratory of Biophotonic, Nove de Julho University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. andreyserra@gmail.com.
Universidade Nove de Julho · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Evangelica de Goiás · BRUniversidade São Judas Tadeu · BR

Funding

CNPq 305139/2013-4FAPESP 15/11028-9
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated the role of the phototherapy and exercise training (EXT) as well as the combined treatment in general symptoms, pain, and quality of life in women suffering from fibromyalgia (FM). A total of 160 women were enrolled and measures were carried out in two sets: it was sought to identify the acute effect for a single phototherapy and EXT session (Set 1); long-term effect (10 weeks) of the interventions (Set 2). Phototherapy irradiation was performed at 11 locations in their bodies, employing a cluster with nine diodes (one super-pulsed infrared 905 nm, four light-emitting diodes [LEDs] of 640 nm, and four LEDs of 875 nm, 39.3 J per location). Algometry and VAS instrument were applied to evaluate pain. The FM symptoms were evaluated with Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) instruments. Quality of life was assessed through SF-36 survey. Set 1: pain threshold was improved with the phototherapy, and EXT improved the pain threshold for temporomandibular joint (right and left body side) and occipital site (right body side). Set 2: there was improved pain threshold in several tender points with the phototherapy and EXT. There was an overlap of therapies to reduce the tender point numbers, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep, and difficulty sleeping on FIQ/RDC scores. Moreover, quality of life was improved with both therapies. The phototherapy and EXT improved the pain threshold in FM women. A more substantial effect was noticed for the combined therapy, in which pain relief was accomplished by improving VAS and FIQ scores as well as quality of life.

Indexed as

Exercise TherapyLow-Level Light TherapyAdultCombined Modality TherapyFemaleFibromyalgiaHumansPain MeasurementPain ThresholdQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeExercise trainingFibromyalgiaPainPhototherapyQuality of life

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PMID29170901
OpenAlexW2769593667

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