Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services
Efficacy of laser therapy on pain in elderly patients using laser of 808nm wavelength
The objectives of the current review were to estimate the effectiveness of treatment with laser to reduce pain in muscles and ligaments in elderly patients. The equipment used should be of 808nm wavelength or preferably the MID-LITE 8080.
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What scientific studies are there on pain and laser treatment with MID-LITE 8080 or other equipment of 808nm wavelength?
Identified literature
No relevant systematic review was identified and no primary studies.
Literature search
| The search result, usually found at the end of the documentation, forms the list of abstracts.; [MeSH] = Term from the Medline controlled vocabulary, including terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; [MeSH:NoExp] = Does not include terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; [MAJR] = MeSH Major Topic; [TIAB] = Title or abstract; [TI] = Title; [AU] = Author; [TW] = Text Word; Systematic[SB] = Filter for retrieving systematic reviews; * = Truncation | ||
| Search terms | Items found | |
| Population: | ||
| 1. | "Nociceptive Pain"[Mesh] OR Pain[tiab] | 604170 |
| Intervention: | ||
| 2. | Irradia[tw] OR (mid[tiab] AND lite[tiab] AND 8080[tiab]) OR ("808 nm"[tiab] AND laser[tiab]) | 1033 |
| Combined sets: | ||
| 3. | 1 AND 2 | 50 |
| Final | 3 | 50 |
| The search result, usually found at the end of the documentation, forms the list of abstracts.; au = Author; MeSH = Term from the Medline controlled vocabulary, including terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; this term only = Does not include terms found below this term in the MeSH hierarchy; :ti = Title; :ab = Abstract; :kw = Keyword; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase; CDSR = Cochrane Database of Systematic Review; CENTRAL = Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, “trials”; CRM = Method Studies; DARE = Database Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, “other reviews”; EED = Economic Evaluations; HTA = Health Technology Assessments | ||
| Search terms | Items found | |
| Population: | ||
| 1. | [mh "Nociceptive Pain"] OR Pain:ti,ab,kw | 165849 |
| Intervention: | ||
| 2. | Irradia:ti,ab,kw OR (mid:ti,ab,kw AND lite:ti,ab,kw AND 8080:ti,ab,kw) OR ("808 nm":ti,ab,kw AND laser:ti,ab,kw) | 118 |
| Combined sets: | ||
| 3. | 1 AND 2 | 65 |
| Final | 3 | 65 |
| /de = Term from the EMTREE controlled vocabulary; /exp = Includes terms found below this term in the EMTREE hierarchy; /mj = Major Topic; :ab = Abstract; :au = Author; :ti = Article Title; :ti,ab = Title or abstract; * = Truncation; ’ ’ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase | ||
| Search terms | Items found | |
| Population: | ||
| 1. | 'nociceptive pain'/exp OR pain:ti,ab | 890543 |
| Intervention: | ||
| 2. | Irradia:ti,ab OR (mid:ti,ab AND lite:ti,ab AND 8080:ti,ab) OR ("808 nm":ti,ab AND laser:ti,ab) | 1163 |
| Combined sets: | ||
| 3. | 1 AND 2 | 70 |
| Final | 3 | 70 |
| The search result, usually found at the end of the documentation, forms the list of abstracts.; AB = Abstract; AU = Author; DE = Term from the thesaurus; MM = Major Concept; TI = Title; TX = All Text. Performs a keyword search of all the database's searchable fields; ZC = Methodology Index; * = Truncation; “ “ = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase | ||
| Search terms | Items found | |
| Population: | ||
| 1. | MH "Nociceptive Pain+" OR TI "Nociceptive Pain" OR TI Pain OR AB "Nociceptive Pain" OR AB Pain | 220934 |
| Intervention: | ||
| 2. | TI (Irradia OR (mid AND lite AND 8080) OR ("808 nm" AND laser)) OR AB (Irradia OR (mid AND lite AND 8080) OR ("808 nm" AND laser)) | 99 |
| Combined sets: | ||
| 3. | 1 AND 2 | 15 |
| Final | 3 | 15 |
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