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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SBU Enquiry Service

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Published: Report no: ut202012 Registration no: 2019/676

Question

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

PubMed via NLM 200122 
Laser
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

 

Cochrane Library via Wiley 200122 
Laser
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

 

Embase via embase.com 200122 
Laser
/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

 

Databas via ebsco.com 200122 
Laser
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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