Is low-level laser therapy effective in acute or chronic low back pain?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 905-910

  Ay, Saime ^a,b   Doğan, Şebnem Koldaş ^a   Evcik, Deniz ^a  

^a UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laser therapy; Low back pain; Lumbar disk herniation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956268068     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1460-0     Document Type: Article

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