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ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2018

Effect of pulsed high intensity laser therapy on delayed caesarean section healing in diabetic women.

Ali Abd El-Monsif Thabet, Hesham Galal Mahran, Anwar Abdelgayed Ebid, Mansour Abdullah Alshehri

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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 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ali Abd El-Monsif ThabetDepartment of Physical Therapy for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.
Hesham Galal MahranDepartment of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.
Anwar Abdelgayed EbidDepartment of Physical Therapy for Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt.
Mansour Abdullah AlshehriPhysiotherapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University: PO Box 715, Postal Code 21421, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Cairo University · EGUmm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Purpose] The objective of this study was to determine the effect of pulsed high intensity laser therapy on delayed caesarean section healing in diabetic women. [Subjects and Methods] This study was conducted on forty diabetic women with delayed caesarean wound healing, ranging in age from 28 to 38 years. They were randomly assigned into two groups; the group I (n=20) received pulsed high intensity laser therapy for 6-weeks, 3 times per week plus standard medical treatment for treatment of diabetes and caesarean wound patients, the group II (n=20) received sham laser treatment for 6 weeks, 3 times per week plus standard medical treatment for treatment of diabetes and caesarean wound patients. The wound size and appearance in all participants were measured by the tracing method and pressure sore status tool before and after the 6-week treatment. [Results] Pulsed high intensity laser therapy produced a significant difference in wound size and appearance in comparison to the sham laser treatment in diabetic women with delayed caesarean wound healing. [Conclusion] Pulsed high intensity laser therapy is effective in the treatment of delayed caesarean section healing in diabetic women.

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Caesarean sectionDiabetic womenPulsed high intensity laser therapy

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PMID29706708
PMCPMC5909004
OpenAlexW2798075309

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