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ReviewJournal of lasers in medical sciences2026

The Effects of High-Intensity Laser Therapy on Pain, PPT, and ROM in Individuals with Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review.

Mehrdad Sadeghnia, Zinat Kalbali, Zahra Fazel, Fateme Hojjati, Mehrnaz Kajbafvala, Saeid Rezaei

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Review in Journal of lasers in medical sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mehrdad SadeghniaDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7903-813X
Zinat KalbaliDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6567-0221
Zahra FazelDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7334-3627
Fateme HojjatiPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1526-9075
Mehrnaz KajbafvalaDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7966-7462
Saeid RezaeiDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3019-9629

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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High intensity laser therapyHigh power laserMyofascial painSystematic reviewTherapyTrigger point

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PMID42892904
PMCPMC13675550

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