Meta-analysis of pain relief effects by laser irradiation on joint areas

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 405-417

  Jang, Ho ^a   Lee, Hyunju ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RANGE; EFFECT SIZE; JOINT AREA; LASER THERAPY; LITERATURE SEARCH; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDLINE; META-ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS; PAIN RELIEF; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE;

EXPERIMENTS; LASER SURGERY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

HEALTH;

ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84864928805     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2012.3240     Document Type: Review

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