Laser Acupuncture for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials.

Zhonggai ChenChiyuan MaLanghai XuZhipeng WuYuzhe HeKai XuSafwat Adel Abdo MoqbelLi-Dong Wu

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2019)

Our findings indicate that laser acupuncture can effectively reduce knee pain for patients with KOA at short term when appropriate technical features are applied, but the effect likely fades away during the subsequent follow-up period.

Keyphrases

knee osteoarthritis
placebo controlled
double blind
phase iii
phase ii
chronic pain
clinical trial
open label
high speed
study protocol
phase ii study
pain management
neuropathic pain
squamous cell carcinoma
randomized controlled trial
spinal cord injury
mass spectrometry