Retrospective study of adjunctive diode laser therapy for pain attenuation in 662 patients: Detailed analysis by questionnaire

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-65

  Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^a,c   Shiroto, Chiyuki ^b   Yodono, Misako ^b   Umeda, Takashi ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shiroto Clinic   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURVEYS;

ADJUNCTIVE THERAPEUTIC MODALITY; CHRONIC PAIN ATTENUATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT); PSYCHOSOMATIC FACTORS;

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIODE LASER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14844319270     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2005.23.60     Document Type: Article

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