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| Title |
Effect of combined laser acupuncture on knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study
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| Published in |
Lasers in Medical Science, January 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10103-007-0536-9 |
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| Authors |
Xueyong Shen, Ling Zhao, Guanghong Ding, Ming Tan, Jianping Gao, Lizhen Wang, Lixing Lao |
| Abstract |
Our objective was to assess the efficacy and safety of combined 10.6 microm and 650 nm laser irradiation on patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Forty patients with OA were randomly allocated to an active laser group or to a placebo laser group (20 per group). They either received active or sham laser treatment at acupoint Dubi (ST 35) in a total of 12 sessions. There was significant difference between the two groups in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) osteoarthritis index pain score change from baseline after 2 weeks of treatment (P = 0.047). The pain reduction of the active laser treatment group was 49%, whereas that of the placebo control group was only 13%. However, due to the high patient drop-out rate, the 4-week assessment could not be analyzed. Combined laser treatment seems beneficial to patients with knee OA. However, due to the small sample size and the high drop-out rate of patients in the placebo group, a large sample-size clinical trial is warranted to determine further the therapeutic efficacy of the device. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 21% |
| Researcher | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 21% |
| Unknown | 19 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 43% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 6 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 20 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 September 2014.
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