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Trial reportLasers in medical science2023

Evaluation of the effect of high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) on function, muscle strength, range of motion, pain level, and femoral cartilage thickness in knee osteoarthritis: randomized controlled study.

Burak Ekici, Banu Ordahan

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

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. It is linked to trial NCT06549543 (Additional Effect of High-Intensity Laser Therapy Over Conventional Physiotherapy Related to Pain and Function in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

The trial behind it

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NCT06549543 nacompletednot on this map

Additional Effect of High-Intensity Laser Therapy Over Conventional Physiotherapy Related to Pain and Function in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, 12-Week Follow-up Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorBaskent UniversityRan2022 to 2024Enrolled43ConditionsOsteoarthritis, KneeArmsHigh Intensity Laser Therapy, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Hotpacks, SHAM - High Intensity Laser Therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Photobiomodulation in Promoting Cartilage Regeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Burak EkiciDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9805-1417
Banu OrdahanDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey. banuordahan@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2221-2728
Necmettin Erbakan University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was designed as a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled study. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) on pain, range of motion, function, muscle strength, and femoral cartilage thickness in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Sixty patients who were admitted between November 2021 and April 2022 and diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis based on anamnesis, physical examination, and imaging methods were included in the study. The patients observed during the research were randomly divided into two groups with 30 patients in each group. Hotpack, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), exercise (5 days a week for a total of 15 sessions), and HILT (analgesic mode with a power of 10.0 w, energy density of 12 j/cm

Indexed as

Laser TherapyLow-Level Light TherapyOsteoarthritis, KneeHumansMuscle StrengthRange of Motion, ArticularExerciseFemoral cartilage thicknessHigh-intensity laser therapyKnee osteoarthritisMuscle StrengthPain

Identifiers

PMID37743421
OpenAlexW4386994515

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