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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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BMJ snubs LLLT for neck pain again, but gives drugs with no evidence a pass
As reported here in 2013 there are no licensed drugs for non-specific neck pain because “there isn’t much specific research that shows drugs help neck pain”. For LLLT/PBM however, there are at least 16 (mostly positive) RCTs and a positive systematic review published in The Lancet. Despite this unequivocal evidence, the 2014 revised patient advice leaflet from the BMJ fails to mention LLLT/PBM but states “your doctor may recommend one or more of the following” and goes on to list pain killers, NSAIDs, antidepressants and muscle relaxants”.
Last year I pursued someone at the BMJ, supplied them with the necessary data including controversial papers and rebuttals (5 months ahead of online publication on their own website). I obtained confirmation it was … Continue reading
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Pubmed to adopt “Photobiomodulation Therapy” as a MeSH term
The US National Library of Medicine (NLM) plans to adopt “Photobiomodulation Therapy” (PBMT) as an official MeSH term in November 2015.
Why this is important?
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