EFFECT OF DIODE LASER FOR PAIN: A CLINICAL STUDY ON DIFFERENT PAIN TYPES

Abstract

Lasers emitting comparatively low-powered beamns, giving low incident power densities in target tissue, are being used in many specialities, under the acronym LLLT, standing for Low reactive-Level Laser Therapy, The authors prcsent in this study data from the specialty of neurosurgery concerning clinical application of a GaAlAs diode Laser (830 mm. 60 mW. continuous wave) used in the contact technique for a number of pain types, The effectiveness was evaluated as a percentage in four grades: the first two (excellcnt and good) were then added to give the overall effective rate in 32 casses of occipital neuralgia. the effective rate was 81%: in shoulder/arm/neek syndrome pain. 78.9%: for lower back pain, 49.6%. Treatment parameters may need to be changed in order to increase the effective rate for lumhar pain. A secondary experiment centred on the applications of LLLT in hypo- and hypertensive patients. Two case reports are presented, The effects of LLLT need to be examined in more experimental detail. In order to pinpoint the mechanisms und p31hways or LLLT's analgesic action in pain therapy of different types,