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Trial reportLasers in medical science2023

Laser acupuncture improving functional chronic constipation in children: a randomized controlled trial.

Amany M Abd El Azeem, Jehan Alsharnoubi, Marwa Abd El-Rahman Mohamed

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Lasers in medical science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amany M Abd El Azeem, Cairo, Egypt.
Jehan AlsharnoubiNational Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences (N.I.L.E.S), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. jehanalsharnoubi@niles.cu.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3018-6729
Marwa Abd El-Rahman MohamedDepartment of Physical Therapy for Women Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Functional chronic constipation (FCC) is a disorder caused by low fiber consumption, lack of fluid intake, lack of mobility, or side effects of medications. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of laser acupuncture and the commonly used osmotic laxative, lactulose (as the control), both combined with behavioral therapy and dietary modification, on children with FCC in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Forty children were randomly chosen, aged 5-15 years with FCC, and randomized into two equal groups (gender ratio (50% male; 50% female), mean ± SD weight (24.2 ± 6.27 kg and 25.7 ± 7.47 kg for groups A and B, respectively)). Study group (group A): used laser acupuncture (650 nm), 30 mW, 0.15 cm

Indexed as

Acupuncture TherapyLactuloseAcupuncture PointsChildConstipationFemaleHumansLasersMaleTreatment OutcomeLactuloseBristol stool scaleFunctional chronic constipationLactuloseLaser acupuncture

Identifiers

PMID36790507
PMCPMC9931839
OpenAlexW4320857492

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