Pain attenuation with diode laser therapy: A retrospective study of the long-term lllt experience in the private clinic environment

Laser Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-39

  Shiroto, Chiyuki ^a   Yodono, Misako ^b   Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^c  

^a Shiroto Clinic   (Japan)

^b Shiroto Clinic Annexe   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adjunctive therapy; arthritis; Chronic pain; diode LLLT; neuralgia; placebo effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024729721     PISSN: 08985901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5978/islsm.10.33     Document Type: Article

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