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ArticleJournal of lasers in medical sciences2020

The Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Bell's Palsy in Diabetic Patients.

Dawood Aghamohamdi, Solmaz Fakhari, Mehdi Farhoudi, Haleh Farzin

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Article 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 trial NCT05707091 (Effects of Low Laser Therapy on Facial Motor Functions Function and Synkinesis in Patients With Bell's Palsy), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05707091 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Low Laser Therapy on Facial Motor Functions Function and Synkinesis in Patients With Bell's Palsy

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2023 to 2023Enrolled32ConditionsBell's PalsyArmsLow level laser therapy and conventional therapy, Conventional therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dawood AghamohamdiDepartment of anesthesiology, Imam Reza Medical Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Solmaz FakhariDepartment of anesthesiology, Imam Reza Medical Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mehdi FarhoudiImam Reza Medical Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
Haleh FarzinDepartment of anesthesiology, Imam Reza Medical Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Imam Reza Hospital · IRTabriz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Bell’s palsyDiabetic patientsLow-level laser

Identifiers

PMID32802293
PMCPMC7369545
OpenAlexW3043697452

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