Evidence of changes in sural nerve conduction mediated by light emitting diode irradiation

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-40

  Vinck, Elke ^a   Coorevits, Pascal ^a   Cagnie, Barbara ^a   De Muynck, Martine ^a   Vanderstraeten, Guy ^a   Cambier, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Analgesic effect; Conduction velocity; Light emitting diodes; Negative peak latency; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 23844433657     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-005-0333-2     Document Type: Article

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