Effect of pulsing in low-level light therapy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 450-466

  Hashmi, Javad T ^a   Huang, Ying Ying ^a,b,c   Sharma, Sulbha K ^a   Kurup, Divya Balachandran ^a   De Taboada, Luis ^d   Carroll, James D ^e   Hamblin, Michael R ^a,b,e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PhotoThera Inc   (United States)

^e THOR Photomedicine Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Duty cycle; Frequency; Low level light therapy; Photobiomodulation; Pulse duration

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BIOMEDICINE; INFLAMMATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN MANAGEMENT; STROKE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955623800     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20950     Document Type: Review

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