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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

The Effectiveness of Photobiomodulation Therapy on Pain and Function in Patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Mohamed Salaheldien Alayat, Roaa A Sroge, Abdulaziz Awali, Ammar Fadil, Omair Belal Malibari, Raad Hatim Ajawi, Eyad Noor Wali, Suhail Hafiz, Sameer Yamani

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mohamed Salaheldien AlayatMedical Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1039-7550
Roaa A SrogeMedical Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1495-7631
Abdulaziz AwaliMedical Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6258-8012
Ammar FadilMedical Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2046-8044
Omair Belal MalibariMedical Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0009-2210-3661
Raad Hatim AjawiMedical Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0003-8994-2482
Eyad Noor WaliMedical Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0008-7595-3937
Suhail HafizMedical Rehabilitation Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Sameer YamaniPhysical Therapy Department, Umm Al-Qura University Medical Center, Mecca 21955, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2178-8370

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

functionmeta-analysispainpatellofemoral pain syndromephotobiomodulationsystematic review

Identifiers

PMID41517270
PMCPMC12786645

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