The effect of 300 mW, 830 nm laser on chronic neck pain: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Pain

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 201-210

  Chow, Roberta T ^a   Heller, Gillian Z ^c   Barnsley, Les ^b  

^a Castle Hill Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

830 nm; GaAlAs; Low level laser therapy (LLLT); Neck pain; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; JAW; LASER; LIMB DISEASE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NECK PAIN AND DISABILITY SCALE; NORTHWICK PARK NECK PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746814549     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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