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ArticleJournal of lasers in medical sciences2022

Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy for the Treatment of Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain: Low-Level Laser Therapy vs. Sham Laser.

Sirous Momenzadeh, Alireza Zali, Zahra Razzaghi, Fatemeh Momenzadeh, Alireza Mirkheshti, Shahram Sayadi, Houman Teymourian, Raziyeh Momenzadeh

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Article in Journal of lasers in medical sciences, 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 30% 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.

  1. Comparative effectiveness of six biophysical agents on neck pain rehabilitation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sirous MomenzadehLaser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3516-0170
Alireza ZaliFunctional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra RazzaghiLaser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh MomenzadehSchool of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza MirkheshtiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahram SayadiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Houman TeymourianDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Raziyeh MomenzadehLaser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Chronic neck PainLow-level laserNonspecific neck painRed spectraTreatment

Identifiers

PMID37041770
PMCPMC10082920
OpenAlexW4318066725

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Registered trials

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