Category Archives: Research

This BMJ report caught my eye because of the amount research interest there is in LLLT for brain pathologies (see bottom of this article for list)

BMJ report: Mental illness is the single largest cause of disability in the UK

It contributes up to 22.8% of the total cost burden compared with 15.9% for cancer and 16.2% for cardiovascular disease

One third of the adult population suffers a mental disorder every year. Brain disorders cost the world more that any other disease and yet distribution of medical research funding in the UK is as follows

13% Cancer
7% Coronary heart disease
1% Stroke
0.5% Dementia

Does LLLT make you thinner? a Harvard research group investigates, LEDs for muscle function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and laser vs needles for myofascial trigger points. There is  my own introductory paper on LLLT for dentists, another review of laser and LED treatments for neurological and psychological applications, a TMJ study, and a trial of class IV laser for epicondylitis (see my rant  “LLLT companies may be no better than Big Pharma“).

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.

33 new LLLT papers for you this month including: a review of 21 papers on muscle performance, fatigue and repair, a controlled multicenter trial on male pattern baldness, another trial on oral mucositis and how about this, 810nm laser ameliorates diabetes!

28 new papers for you this month, starting with the most entertaining: “successful management of acute-onset torticollis in a giraffe” which included a laser to reduce “cervical muscle hypertonicity”, an RCT on cellulite (see commentary), an analysis of 589 tooth extractions in patients under bisphosphonate therapy following LLLT, chronic rhinosinusitis, oral lichen planus, combined bone marrow aspirate and LLLT on bone healing, mesenchymal stem cells and LLLT on peripheral nerve regeneration and more …

20 new papers for you this month starting with a laser tissue penetration study (some wavelengths go deeper than others), Laser vs TENS for OA knee, laser acupuncture for TMJD, human sperm motility and laser vs LED for allergic rhinitis.

56 new abstracts in one month. This must be a record for new LLLT papers indexed by pubmed in a single month. These include a study on healthy humans showing that transcranial LLLT applied to the frontal cortex improves attention, memory and mood. There are three systematic reviews (TMJD, lateral epicondylitis & dentin hypersensitivity) and clinical trials on TMJD, allergic rhinitis, OA, oral mucositis, cartilage repair, three on orthodontic pain and several papers on primary / secondary reactions, downstream (cellular) effects and  some in-vivo studies.

Transcranial infrared laser stimulation produces beneficial cognitive and emotional effects in humans.

Barrett DW, Gonzalez-Lima F

Department of Psychology and Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

This is the first controlled study demonstrating the beneficial effects of transcranial laser stimulation on cognitive and emotional functions in humans. Photobiomodulation with red to near-infrared light is a novel intervention shown to regulate neuronal function in cell cultures, animal models, and clinical conditions. Light that intersects … Continue reading →