Monthly Archives: March 2009
Laser vs LED results on muscle damage
BRAZIL. This study compared the effect of single-diode laser and LED cluster before heavy exercise. Only the LED cluster probe decreased post-exercise creatine kinase levels after the Wingate cycle test. This is not a true comparison of Laser vs LED … Continue reading
LLLT training schedule
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March 2009 LLLT Literature Watch
This bimonthly literature watch is another record breaker with 46 papers reviewed including nerve regeneration, lymphoedema, wound healing, inflammation, musculoskeletal pain, dental and some mechanism papers.
17 new LLLT papers in Photomedicine Journal this month
A bumper crop of LLLT papers this month in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery To receive this publication join the World Association for Laser Therapy or the North American Society for Laser Therapy
Nobel Prize for Low Level Laser Therapy
The guest editorial by Oshiro in this months Photomedicine journal reminds us that a Nobel Prize was awarded to Finsen for Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) almost a century ago (1903) for Lupus Vulgaris (a form of Tuberculosis). Of course … Continue reading
NPL grant for THOR
Diode laser beams are hard to measure. They are almost never round, collimated or homogeneous. At best they can be described as being elliptical and having a Gaussian distribution. How do we measure and calculate the area of the ellipse … Continue reading