Monthly Archives: June 2010

APTA recommends LLLT for Achilles Tendinopathies

Posted on 18 June 2010 by James Carroll

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Clinical Guidelines recommend Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) for Achilles tendinopathies. The report says “Clinicians should consider the use of low level laser therapy to decrease pain and stiffness in patients with Achilles tendinopathy.” Hooray, it’s only been 20 years since Chukuka Enwemeka first published his tendinopathy research. It is unfortunate that the guidelines neglected to comment on the importance of treatment parameters, they incorrectly describe energy as “intensity” and failed to mention Tumilty’s systematic review which found that 55% of LLLT tendinopathy studies failed due to incorrect power density and / or energy delivered.

You can download the APTA paper here APTA-Achilles-Tendinopathy-Guideline-USA-2010.pdf

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SPIE Abstract deadline 12 July 2010

Posted on 17 June 2010 by James Carroll

Next January 2011 in San Francisco we will have the sixth annual conference on “Mechanisms for low light therapy VI”  . The meeting this year in San Francisco was highly successful and next year’s will continue the tradition I am therefore pleased to be able to invite you to submit an abstract (Deadline 12 July 2010) and a conference proceedings paper (Deadline 15 Dec 2010) to “Mechanisms for low light therapy VI” Conference BO108 Part of SPIE’s International Symposium on Biomedical Optics (BiOS) 22 – 27 January 2011 at the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California, USA. BO108 is expected to be held on Sat Jan 22.

Submit your abstract here http://spie.org/bo108

submit your abstract here
http://spie.org/bo108

Michael R Hamblin Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Dermatology

Harvard Medical School

BAR 414

Wellman Center for Photomedicine

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LLLT Literature Watch for May 2010

Posted on 12 June 2010 by James Carroll

34 new LLLT papers for your to review including LED nerve regeneration, post-mastectomy lymphedema, healing of mucous membrane pemphigoid, biceps muscle performance and LED attenuation of oxidative renal damage in Type I diabetic rats.

P.S. when did you last get trained?

  • How much LLLT is enough, how much is to much?
  • What are joules and J/cm2?
  • Do they matter ?
  • What is the difference between laser and LED?

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Low Level Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid: A Promising Procedure.

Yilmaz HG, Kusakci Seker B, Bayindir H, Tozum TF

Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Near East University, Mersin10, Turkey.

Background: Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a heterogeneous group of autoimmune, subepithelial blistering diseases. A combination of both topical and systemic steroid treatment is often used when managing patients with mucous membrane pemphigoid. The use of systemic steroids presents an increased risk of adverse side effects. Consequently, effective alternative modalities of therapy should be considered, such … Continue reading →

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