Table 2: Studies reporting positive effect of laser acupuncture.a

Table 2

Studies reporting positive effect of laser acupuncture. ^a


Authors	Average output (mW)	Power density (mW/cm2)	Dose (J)	PEDro
Studies included in meta-analysis
Chow et al [62[62]	300	670	9	10
Chow et al [57[57]	300	670	9	10
Glazov [41[41]	10	50	0.2	9
Yurtkuran et al [54[54]	4	10	0.48	8
Armagan et al [56[56]	50	75	2	8
Gur et al [63[63]	11.2	11.2	2	8
Ceccherelli et al [77[77]	5	?	0.1 or 1	8
Shen et al [47[47]	36 and 200	?	?	7
Öz et al [43[43]∗	300	1071	3	7
Lam and Cheing [51[51]	25	208	0.275	7
Shirani et al [48[48]	17.3 or 1.76	17.3 or 1.76	7.2	6
Hakgüder et al [66[66]	5	25.5	0.98	6
Gür et al [67[67]	11.2	11.2	2	6
Ferreira et al [33[33]	50	1250	4.5	6
Sattayut and Bradley [36[36]	60 or 300	333 or 1666	4 or 20	6
Zhao et al [44[44]	36 and 200	36 and 100	163.2	6
Rayegani et al [39[39]∗	1100	?	?	6
Emanet et al [40[40]	?	?	?	5
Lin et al [35[35]	40	50	12	4
Kannan [34[34]∗	2.4	2.4	0.074	4
Ceylan et al [61[61]	8	40	1.44	3
Chen et al [69[69]	15 or 1.5	?	18 or 1.8	2
Studies not included in meta-analysis
Al-Shenqiti and Oldham [65[65]	100	800	4	8
Conti [70[70]	100	?	4	7
Tam [60[60]∗	27	135?	3 to 4	6
Snyder-Mackler et al [78[78]	0.95	0.95	0.02	6
Laaskso et al [71[71]	10 or 25	278 or 893	1 or 5	5
Snyder-Mackler et al [81[81]	0.95	0.95	0.014	5
Lögdberg-Andersson et al [72[72]	8	8	0.5 to 1	5
Wong et al [68[68]	30	107	5.4	5
Mazzetto et al [53[53]	70	8750	0.72	4

∗Laser acupuncture compared to other interventions.

PEDro = physiotherapy evidence database.

aThe symbol ‘?’ indicates insufficient details for calculating the missing parameters.