ReviewMedical acupuncture2019
Laser Acupuncture: A Concise Review.
Review in Medical acupuncture, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of the effectiveness of high-intensity laser therapy versus low-level laser therapy in musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Lasers in medical science · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Laser Acupuncture for Reducing Pain and Increasing Mouth Opening Range in Individuals with Temporomandibular Disorder: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Pooled it
- Laser acupuncture in the treatment of neuropathies in dentistry: a systematic review.Lasers in medical science · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of GV20-based wearable low-level laser acupoint therapy for pain on head.Lasers in medical science · 2026Trial
- Efficacy and safety of invasive laser acupuncture (650 and 830 nm) on knee osteoarthritis: A pilot randomized clinical trial.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Laser acupuncture improves post-dialysis fatigue and sleep quality independent of time-varying dialysis and depression symptoms: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- The Effect of Laser Biostimulation at Sensitized Acupoints on Chronic Pelvic Pain and Quality of Life in Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- Comparative Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Acupuncture and Electroacupuncture in Women With Dysmenorrhea and Autonomic Imbalance: A Pilot Randomized-Controlled Trial.Pain research & management · 2025Trial
- Immediate effects of traditional and laser acupuncture in chronic non-specific neck pain: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Lasers in medical science · 2024Trial
- Enhancing chronic migraine preventive therapy: low-level 810 nm laser acupuncture as an add-on treatment for patients with unsatisfactory pharmacological effect, a pilot single-blind randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- Low-level laser therapy and laser acupuncture therapy for pain relief after initial archwire placement : A randomized clinical trial.Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie · 2024Trial
- Effects of laser acupuncture tele-therapy for rheumatoid arthritis elderly patients.Lasers in medical science · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of invasive laser acupuncture in treating chronic non-specific low back pain: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Comparison of the effects between lasers applied to myofascial trigger points and to classical acupoints for patients with cervical myofascial pain syndrome.Biomedical journal · 2021Trial
- Laser auriculotherapy for the treatment of pain: a scoping review.Lasers in medical science · 2026Article
- The 28-year evolution of laser acupuncture: a CiteSpace knowledge graph visualization and analysis.Lasers in medical science · 2025Review
- Acupuncture for the treatment of infantile colic.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Precision laser acupuncture at back-shu points enhances growth performance, feed efficiency, and hormonal regulation in rabbits.Veterinary world · 2025Article
- Invasive laser acupuncture targeting muscle: a novel approach to protect dopaminergic neurons and reduce neuroinflammation in a brain of Parkinson's disease model.Chinese medicine · 2025Article
- Photobiomodulation LED Devices for Home Use: Design, Function and Potential: A Pilot Study.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
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Registered trials
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