Monthly Archives: June 2013

THOR Literature watch for May 2013 Low Level Laser Therapy / Cold Laser / Photobiomodulation PBM

25 new LLLT papers for you this month including clinical trials on Bells palsy, orthodontic pain, herpes zoster ophthalmicus and orthognathic surgery. There are reviews on dentine hypersensitivity, muscle contractile function, postexercise recovery and infarct volume after stroke. Some interesting laboratory studies on bone marrow in mice, early vs delayed LLLT application on nerve regeneration, bone remodeling during induced tooth movement in rats and LED vs ultrasound for tendinitis.

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THOR at Harvard MIT

David Sengeh has been developing powered limbs at MIT for amputees (like the bionic man). Where the powered limb attaches to the body (the stump of the original leg) it gets very sore. David has been using our standard THOR products to heal the stump and reduce pain. It works very well, though it takes a lot of time to treat the whole area. I am in Boston now to help David start clinical trials with a new device we designed that will treat the whole stump. The amputee puts the the leg stump into the LED treatment cylinder and gets a complete treatment in just one minute :-)

MIT

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