History of Laser Acupuncture: A Narrative Review of Scientific Literature.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. A systematic review via text mining approaches of human and veterinary applications of photobiomodulation: focus on multiwave locked system laser therapy.Lasers in medical science · 2025
   Pooled it
2. Laser acupuncture in the treatment of neuropathies in dentistry: a systematic review.Lasers in medical science · 2023
   Pooled it
3. The 28-year evolution of laser acupuncture: a CiteSpace knowledge graph visualization and analysis.Lasers in medical science · 2025
   Review
4. Laser Acupuncture Versus Electroacupuncture for Nonsevere Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical acupuncture · 2024
   Article
5. Efficacy of acupuncture-related therapy in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Heliyon · 2024
   Article
6. Acupuncture for Women with Overactive Bladder: Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Related Mechanism.International journal of general medicine · 2023
   Review
7. The Future of Laser Acupuncture-Robot-Assisted Laser Stimulation and Evaluation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
   Article
8. An Initial Study on Multi-Point Laser Acupuncture Based on 2-D Galvo Mirror.Medical acupuncture · 2022
   Article
9. The Effects of Laser Acupuncture Therapy on Nocturnal Enuresis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical acupuncture · 2022
   Review
10. The Application of Laser Acupuncture in Animal Experiments: A Narrative Review of Biological Aspects.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
    Review
11. "The Evidence I Need Is Change in a Child" Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Acupuncture Therapy for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An Interpretive Description.Global advances in integrative medicine and health
    Article

Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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