Low-level laser therapy for spinal cord injury in rats: Effects of polarization

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ando, Takahiro ^a   Sato, Shunichi ^b   Kobayashi, Hiroaki ^b   Nawashiro, Hiroshi ^b,f   Ashida, Hiroshi ^b   Hamblin, Michael R ^c,d,e   Obara, Minoru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Tokorozawa Loyal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

functional evaluation; Low level laser therapy; photobiomodulation; polarization; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; LOCOMOTIVE FUNCTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PHOTOBIOMODULATION; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RATS; TISSUE;

POLARIZATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84887848579     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.9.098002     Document Type: Article

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