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Trial reportLasers in medical science2022

Effectiveness of multiwave locked system laser on the treatment of patients with idiopathic Bell's palsy: a randomized double-blind placebo controlled trial.

Mohamed Salaheldien Alayat, Ahmed Mohamed Elsodany, Nahla Ahmad AlMatrafi, Amir Abdel Raouf El Fiky

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 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 2 countries.

Mohamed Salaheldien AlayatPhysiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. mohsalahpt@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-7550
Ahmed Mohamed ElsodanyDepartment of Basic Science, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1268-2793
Nahla Ahmad AlMatrafiPhysiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Amir Abdel Raouf El FikyDepartment of Physical Therapy for Neurological Disorders and Its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7307-7699
Cairo University · EGUmm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of scanning and point application of multiwave locked system (MLS) laser therapy on the recovery of patients with idiopathic Bell's palsy (IBP). A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial was carried out on 60 patients with subacute BP. Patients were randomly assigned into three groups of 20 patients each. Facial massage and facial exercises were applied to all patients. Group one received MLS laser as a manual scanning technique (10 J/cm

Indexed as

Bell PalsyLow-Level Light TherapyDouble-Blind MethodHumansLasersBell’s palsyFacial disability indexHouse–Brackmann scaleMultiwave locked system

Identifiers

PMID35881208
OpenAlexW4287921406

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