Laser phototherapy (780 nm), a new modality in treatment of long-term incomplete peripheral nerve injury: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 436-442

  Rochkind, Shimon ^a,b   Drory, Vivian ^a   Alon, Malvina ^a   Nissan, Moshe ^a   Ouaknine, Georges E ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES; ENERGY DENSITY; LASER PHOTOTHERAPY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; VOLUNTARY MUSCLE ACTIVITY;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORY AIDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848931673     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2093     Document Type: Article

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