Efficacy of 904 nm Gallium Arsenide low level laser therapy in the management of chronic myofascial pain in the neck: A double-blind and randomize-controlled trial

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Gur, Ali ^a,c   Sarac, Aysegul Jale ^a   Cevik, Remzi ^a   Altindag, Ozlein ^a   Sarac, Serdar ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kartal State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Depression; Gallium arsenide; Low level laser therapy; Myofascial pain syndrome; Neck pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GALLIUM ARSENIDE LASER; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4944262251     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20082     Document Type: Article

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