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SynthesisLasers in medical science2021

Photobiomodulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of the most used parameters in the resolution diabetic foot ulcers.

Luan Dos Santos Mendes-Costa, Vanessa Garcia de Lima, Maria Paula Ribeiro Barbosa, Ludmila Evangelista Dos Santos, Suélia de Siqueira Rodrigues Fleury Rosa, José Carlos Tatmatsu-Rocha

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Synthesis in Lasers in medical science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Visible light. Part I: Properties and cutaneous effects of visible light.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Luan Dos Santos Mendes-CostaFaculty of Medicine, Physiotherapy Department, Center for Research and Technological Innovation on Human Rehabilitation, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Rodolfo Teófilo, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60430-540, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8767-7986
Vanessa Garcia de LimaCenter for Health Sciences, Physiotherapy Department, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8548-4010
Maria Paula Ribeiro BarbosaFaculty of Medicine, Physiotherapy Department, Center for Research and Technological Innovation on Human Rehabilitation, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Rodolfo Teófilo, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60430-540, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2925-1466
Ludmila Evangelista Dos SantosPost-Graduate Program of Biomedical Engineering, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-5747
Suélia de Siqueira Rodrigues Fleury RosaPost-Graduate Program of Biomedical Engineering, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1247-9050
José Carlos Tatmatsu-RochaFaculty of Medicine, Physiotherapy Department, Center for Research and Technological Innovation on Human Rehabilitation, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Rodolfo Teófilo, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60430-540, Brazil. tatmatsu@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4900-4857

Funding

Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 7/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most common photobiomodulation parameters used to aid in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers were investigated in this paper. The databases MEDLINE, LILACS, MEDCARIB, PAHO-IRIS, and WHOLIS were searched with the following descriptors: diabetic foot ulcers AND low-level laser therapy OR low-level therapy AND wound healing; this search was conducted from January of 2014 to December of 2019. Inclusion criteria were randomized clinical trials on humans. Exclusion criteria were systematic reviews, literature reviews, studies with animals, studies lacking photobiomodulation parameters, and studies with non-diabetic individuals. The Jadad scale was used in order to analyze the methodological quality of the matching papers. There were seventeen studies found on PubMed and four on LILACS. Among these, seven were selected, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Two out of the seven matching studies obtained a high score, and five obtained a low score, on the Jadad scale. The studies settled on the use of 600-nm and 800-nm wavelength spectrum. Most of the analyzed papers on photobiomodulation on diabetic foot ulcers did not describe the detailed parameters in their methodology. None of the studies featured the maximum score with regard to the Jadad scale for methodological quality. The relations of energy versus wavelength and power versus wavelength were divergent among the parameters on the papers. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the parameters for an optimized power value in order to improve the results of the treatment.

Indexed as

Diabetic FootHumansLow-Level Light TherapyWound HealingDermatologyDiabetic foot ulcersLow-level laser therapyLow-level led therapyWound healing

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PMID33190161

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