The thermal effects of therapeutic lasers with 810 and 904 nm wavelengths on human skin

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-153

  Joensen, Jon ^a,b   Demmink, Jan Hendrik ^b   Johnson, Mark I ^c   Iversen, Vegard V ^a   Lopes Martins, Rodrigo Álvaro Brandão ^d   Bjordal, Jan Magnus ^a,b  

^a BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HUMAN SKIN; INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS; IRRADIATION DOSE; LASER INDUCED; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LASER THERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PHOTOTHERMAL EFFECTS; POTENTIAL THERMAL EFFECTS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL PAIN; THERMOGRAPHIC CAMERAS;

COLOR; IRRADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION;

INFRARED LASERS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952396122     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2793     Document Type: Article

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