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ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2018

Effect of aerobic exercises versus laser acupuncture in treatment of postmenopausal hot flushes: a randomized controlled trial.

Eman Abdelfatah Mohamed Elhosary, Mahmoud Mohamed Ewidea, Hamada Ahmed Hamada Ahmed, Ayman El Khatib

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Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Eman Abdelfatah Mohamed ElhosaryDepartment of Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.
Mahmoud Mohamed EwideaDepartment of Basic Science, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.
Hamada Ahmed Hamada AhmedDepartment of Biomechanics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University: Giza, Egypt.
Ayman El KhatibDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon.
Kafrelsheikh University · EGBeirut Arab University · LBCairo University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] To compare the effect of aerobic exercises versus laser acupuncture in treatment of postmenopausal hot flushes. [Subjects and Methods] This study was designed as single blind randomized controlled trial. A total of 48 postmenopausal women complained of hot flushes. Their ages ranged between 45 to 55 years and were randomly assigned into 2 equal groups: group (A), which received an aerobic exercises, and group (B), which received laser acupuncture. Both groups recieved 3 sessions per week for two months. The level of follicular stimulating hormone, lutelizing hormone, and hot flushes dairy card were assessed the severity of hot flahes before and after treatment program. [Results] There were Significant reduction in FSH, LH, and menopausal daily hot flush scale in group A compared with group B at the post treatment. [Conclusion] Eight week program of an aerobic exercises yields improvement in FSH, LH, and decrease in severity of hot flushes assessed by hot flush dairy card than laser acupuncture in the treatment of postmenopausal hot flashes.

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Aerobic exercisesHot flushesLaser acupuncture

Identifiers

PMID29545706
PMCPMC5851375
OpenAlexW2789956496

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