Monthly Archives: December 2009

Roundup of the decade – a big thank you note

Posted on 31 December 2009 by James Carroll

Wow, what a decade it has been for LLLT. Credibility is critical for acceptance by reimbursement and regulatory authorities as well as doctors and therapists. In the last ten years over 1,000 papers have been published that build on the work of the early pioneers. Highlights of this decade include: FDA clearance, publication in high impact factor journals such as Nature, Pain, PNAS, Spine, Muscle and Nerve, Stroke, Blood and, of course, The Lancet. Output from world renowned institutions including Harvard Medical School, NASA and the US Navy add further reassurance.

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The next decade of LLLT – the barriers to mainstream adoption

Posted on 31 December 2009 by James Carroll

Because LLLT modulates cellular oxidation and energy production it could potentially affect  a wide range of diseases, injuries or other dysfunctions in the body.

By the end of the next decade, it is possible  LLLT may be used in almost every department of every hospital (and every medicine cabinet of every home).

Given the amount of good quality research published over the last decade, why isn’t it part of mainstream medicine already?

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62 new papers in the November 2009 LLLT literature watch

Posted on 6 December 2009 by James Carroll

62 LLLT abstracts for you this month and of course we have to start with the Lancet paper on laser for neck pain. You can see a TV interview with the primary author Roberta Chow on the front page of our web site and an audio interview I did back in September is here.  There are as usual more papers showing how important dose and dose-rate-effects are. If you are unsure what W/cm2 are and how many you need then then it’s time you came on our “3 x 3 knowledge matrix” training course. There are trials on myofascial pain,lymphedema, plantar fasciitis, oral mucositis, psoriasis and more. read on

Efficacy of low-level laser therapy in the management of neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo or active-treatment controlled trials.

Chow RT, Johnson MI, Lopes-Martins RA, Bjordal JM

Nerve Research Foundation, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

BACKGROUND: Neck pain is a common and costly condition for which pharmacological management … Continue reading →

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