Trial reportLasers in medical science2020
Level of pain, muscle strength and posture: effects of PBM on an exercise program in women with knee osteoarthritis - a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- The importance of power in photobiomodulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of high-intensity laser therapy.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review and network meta-analysis on the optimal wavelength of low-level light therapy (LLLT) in treating knee osteoarthritis symptoms.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Pooled it
- Association of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) and exercises programs in pain and functional capacity of patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA): a systematic review of randomized trials.Lasers in medical science · 2021Pooled it
- The influence of photobiomodulation on the temperature of the brachial biceps during muscle fatigue protocol.Lasers in medical science · 2021Trial
- Dry cupping therapy has no effect on pain, function, or quality of life in women with knee osteoarthritis: Randomized placebo-controlled trial.Brazilian journal of physical therapyTrial
- Comparative Effects of Photobiomodulation and Platelet-Rich Plasma on Joint Repair in Rats With Knee Osteoarthritis.Lasers in surgery and medicine · 2026Article
- Dynapenic abdominal obesity and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: results from a large cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in China.Annals of joint · 2026Article
- Near-infrared photobiomodulation stimulates viability and cartilage matrix synthesis in human chondrocytes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Relationship between Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Muscle Co-Contraction in People with Knee Osteoarthritis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Adjunctive electrophysical therapies used in addition to land-based exercise therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2024Review
- Unlocking the Power of Light on the Skin: A Comprehensive Review on Photobiomodulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Efficacy of High-Intensity and Low-Level Laser Therapy Combined With Exercise Therapy on Pain and Function in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2024Review
- Static and Dynamic Plantar Pressure Distribution in 94 Patients with Different Stages of Unilateral Knee Osteoarthritis Using the Footscan® Platform System: An Observational Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Observational
- Current advances of photobiomodulation therapy in treating knee osteoarthritis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Review
- Low-intensity LASER and LED (photobiomodulation therapy) for pain control of the most common musculoskeletal conditions.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Self-Perception of the Knee Is Associated with Joint Motion during the Loading Response in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Effect of Warm Acupuncture Combined with Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplantation on Cartilage Tissue in Rabbit Knee Osteoarthritis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
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Abstract
To evaluate the effectiveness of an exercise program associated to photobiomodulation (PBM) on pain, postural changes, functionally, and muscular strength in women, one of the risk factors, with knee osteoarthritis (OA). A randomized controlled trial, with a blinded assessor and intention-to-treat analysis and placebo control. Sixty-two participants with knee OA (with confirmed radiological diagnosis) were evaluated for this study. However, 34 were considered eligible and were randomized into two groups: EPPG - exercise and PBM placebo group (n = 17) and EPAG - exercise and PBM active group (n = 16), but one participant was excluded of EPAG. The exercise program and PBM (808 nm, 100 mW/point, 4 J/point, 56 J total, 91 J/cm
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