evidencegaps
Primary study · included by 1 review

Efficacy of high intensity laser therapy in knee osteoarthritis: a double-blind controlled randomized study.

Akaltun et al. 2020 · Akaltun Mazlum Serdar, Altindag Ozlem, Turan Neytullah, et al. · Clinical rheumatology · 2021

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The importance of power in photobiomodulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of high-intensity laser therapy.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Akaltun et al. 2020 · Table 1; Table 2 (ref B15)
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Pain intensity (VAS)
High-intensity laser therapy, with or without co-interventions vs Placebo, low-level laser therapy, or alternative treatment, with or without co-interventions · End of treatment
SMD -1.26 [-1.70, -0.81]21 studies · 948 participantsModerate

1 including review in total.