Ultra-low-level laser therapy

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-112

  Baratto, Luigi ^a   Calzà, Laura ^b,d   Capra, Roberto ^a   Gallamini, Michele ^c   Giardino, Luciana ^b   Giuliani, Alessandro ^b   Lorenzini, Luca ^b   Traverso, Silvano ^c  

^a La Colletta Bioengineering Center   (Italy)

^b IRET Foundation   (Italy)

^c RGMD SpA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupoints; Low level laser theraphy; Mechanotransduction; Pain

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL ADHESION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EDEMA; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HYPERALGESIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEURITE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PAIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CELL ADHESION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEURITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PAIN; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952279646     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-010-0837-2     Document Type: Article

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