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ReviewJournal of lasers in medical sciences2020

The Beneficial Effects of High-Intensity Laser Therapy and Co-Interventions on Musculoskeletal Pain Management: A Systematic Review.

Kamran Ezzati, E-Liisa Laakso, Amir Salari, Anahita Hasannejad, Reza Fekrazad, Arash Aris

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · diamondAbstract readReview
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Review in Journal of lasers in medical sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 50 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

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.

NCT04949373 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Efficacy of High Intensity Laser (HILT) Therapy in Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

TypeinterventionalSponsorAfyonkarahisar Health Sciences UniversityRan2021 to 2022Enrolled60ConditionsCarpal Tunnel Syndrome, Entrapment Neuropathy, Median Neuropathy, Musculoskeletal DiseasesArmsHigh-intensity laser therapy (HILT), Sham High-intensity laser therapy (sham HILT)
NCT06219876 nacompletednot on this map

Comparison of the Efficacy of High Intensity Laser Therapy and Low Level Laser Therapy in the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

TypeinterventionalSponsorAnkara City Hospital BilkentRan2020 to 2021Enrolled108ConditionsCarpal Tunnel Syndrome, Electromyography, Low-Level Laser Therapy, Ultrasound ImagingArmslow level laser treatment, High intensity laser treatment, wrist splint
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Comparative effectiveness of six biophysical agents on neck pain rehabilitation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kamran EzzatiNeuroscience Research Center, Poorsina Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
E-Liisa LaaksoAllied Health Mater Research, Brisbane, Australia.
Amir SalariDepartment of Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Research Center, Poursina Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Anahita HasannejadZahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Reza FekrazadDepartment of Dentistry, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arash ArisDepartment of Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Research Center, Poursina Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Guilan University of Medical Sciences · IRGriffith University · AUTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRZahedan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

InterventionLaser therapyMusculoskeletal painRehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID32099632
PMCPMC7008744
OpenAlexW3004763971

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