Efficacy of low-level laser therapy for body contouring and spot fat reduction

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 722-729

  Caruso Davis, Mary K ^a   Guillot, Thomas S ^b   Podichetty, Vinod K ^c   Mashtalir, Nazar ^d   Dhurandhar, Nikhil V ^d   Dubuisson, Olga ^d   Yu, Ying ^d   Greenway, Frank L ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^c Research Practice Partners   (United States)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold laser; Fat reduction; Low level laser therapy; Non invasive laser

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOLYSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOCYTES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956204810     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-010-0126-y     Document Type: Article

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