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Low-Level Laser Therapy Reduces the Incidence and Severity of Oral Mucositis | PracticeUpdate
Nurse personal experience + 32 trials (1505 patients) treated with LLLT for Oral mucositis presented at Oncology Nursing conference, read full article on PracticeUpdate.
April 23, 2015–Orlando, Florida–Low-level laser therapy has been shown to reduce the incidence and severity of oral mucositis significantly in patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer or stem cell transplantation. This result of an analysis of 32 prospective trials including 1505 patients was presented at the 40th Annual Oncology Nursing Symposium from April 23 – 26 in Orlando, Florida.
Annette Quinn, RN, MSN, of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, explained that oral mucositis is one of the most debilitating toxicities of cancer therapy. Nearly all patients with head and neck tumors treated with chemoradiotherapy, and 75% of those undergoing stem cell transplantation with total body irradiation experience some degree of oral mucositis. “Over the last decade,” said Ms. Quinn, “the prevalence of oral mucositis has risen due to new chemotherapy, the introduction of targeted agents, and the delivery of higher doses of radiation.”
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Course Testimonial: Janis Eells
LLLT Training Course Testimonial: Janis Eells, Professor & Graduate Program Director, LLLT researcher for NASA
“The training course that I took last year in Chicago was outstanding. James Carroll does an excellent job of presenting the key elements of photobiomodulation in an entertaining and informative manner. I’ve been working in this area of research for 15 years and I learned much in this course. I would take it again.”
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Course Testimonial: Dr. Vish Viswanathan
LLLT Training Course Testimonial, Arizona, USA: Dr. Vish Viswanathan M.D. from Clinique Esthetique, San Antonio TX
“THOR LLLT TRAINING IS certainly the BEST course there is!”
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Masters graduate found LED therapy had positive effect on muscular performance
Great news, Tom Hemmings, a Masters graduate student at Georgia Southern University, found that LED therapy had a positive effect on muscular performance. THOR helped Tom decide on a thesis topic in December 2013, which he completed this past week.
The study itself identified the effects of various dosages of LED on the total repetitions performed during an eccentric leg extension. The dosages of 60 seconds and 120 seconds on each point were found to significantly increase repetitions when compared with the placebo trial.
This study suggests that LED can enhance muscular performance when applying the THOR laser prior an exercise bout.
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Course Testimonial: Dr. Sathish Harinarayanan
LLLT Training Course Testimonial, London UK: Dr. Sathish Harinarayanan a Radiation Oncologist treating cancer.
What did you like about the training? Wide mixture of audience; good evidence shown; Safety; convinced to use; well targeted for audience.
Was the course material useful? Ideal :)
Overall percentage for the day: 100%
5 Stars for Speaker, Venue and Location.
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Sea otter patient being treated for uveitis
Valerie Gause, our Veterinary Division National Sales Director for US and Canada was sent this neat story from Lesanna Lahner at Seattle Aquarium.
Hi Valerie,
Here’s our first patient being treated for uveitis! 18 yr old northern sea otter that was orphaned at 1 week of age when her mom was hit and killed by a boat in Alaska. Her name is Lootas. She did great for her laser treatment.
We hope to keep her off NSAIDs (topical and systemic) with her new treatment.
Talk soon!
Lesanna
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Literature watch update: End 2014
130 new LLLT papers for you including a systematic review on shoulder tendinopathies, a lovely article review in an orthopaedics journal by Howard Cotler, four systematic reviews on orthodontic tooth movement, a trial showing LEDs improve sperm motility, another systematic review on oral mucositis and much more.
The Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy for Shoulder Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Haslerud S, Magnussen LH, Joensen J, Lopes-Martins RA, Bjordal JM
Centre for Evidence Based Practice, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, NorPhyPain Research Group, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Physiotherapy Research Group, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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