| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PBM | Photobiomodulation |
| LLLT | Low-level light therapy |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Headings |
| RoB 2.0 | Cochrane Risk-of-Bias tool, version 2 |
| ROBINS-I | Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies-of Interventions |
| MD | Mean difference |
| REML | Restricted maximum likelihood |
| HKSJ | Hartung–Knapp–Sidik–Jonkman |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| MDS-UPDRS-III | Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, Part III |
| TUG | Timed Up and Go test |
| TMWT | Ten-Meter Walk Test |
| MCID | Minimal clinically important difference |
| DBS | Deep brain stimulation |
| SD | Standard deviation |