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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

High-Intensity Laser Therapy Versus Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Pei-Ching Wu, Dung-Huan Liu, Yang-Shao Cheng, Chih-Sheng Lin, Fu-An Yang

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Pei-Ching WuDepartment of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 404327, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9427-7769
Dung-Huan LiuGraduate Degree Program of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City 300193, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9021-9326
Yang-Shao ChengDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City 404327, Taiwan.ORCID 0009-0001-2109-6844
Chih-Sheng LinGraduate Degree Program of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu City 300193, Taiwan.
Fu-An YangDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 220216, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-7281-0729

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

extracorporeal shockwave therapyhigh-intensity laser therapylateral elbow tendinopathylateral epicondylitismeta-analysissystematic reviewtennis elbow

Identifiers

PMID41749695
PMCPMC12938723

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