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ArticleJournal of lasers in medical sciences2021

Effects of Laser Acupuncture Therapy for Patients With Inadequate Recovery From Bell's Palsy: Preliminary Results From Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Study.

Gil Ton, Li-Wen Lee, Wen-Chao Ho, Cheng-Hao Tu, Yi-Hung Chen, Yu-Chen Lee

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Article in Journal of lasers in medical sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact, top 79% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. An Initial Study on Automated Acupoint Positioning for Laser Acupuncture.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gil TonCollege of Chinese medicine, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2065-797X
Li-Wen LeeDepartment of Acupuncture, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40402 Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-9321
Wen-Chao HoDepartment of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6095-3335
Cheng-Hao TuCollege of Chinese medicine, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7695-5570
Yi-Hung ChenCollege of Chinese medicine, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-7939
Yu-Chen LeeCollege of Chinese medicine, Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9510-3146
China Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Bell’s palsy sequelaeLaser acupunctureLow-level laser therapyRandomized controlled trial

Identifiers

PMID35155155
PMCPMC8837856
OpenAlexW3213739094

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