腰部変形性脊椎症に対する低出力レーザー療法の効果

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57 patients with osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine were treated by low power (Ga-Al-As Diode) laser irradiation. They were classified by clinical signs, symptoms and X-ray in three groups. The effective ratio of laser treatment in the first group with lumbar pains due to hypertension of muscles was 93.8%. Laser treatment proved ineffective for patients with extremely severe osteoporosis in the second group. 70% of patients in the third group with leg pains similar to ischial neuralgie improved remarkably. These results showed that low power laser irradiation was effective for osteoarthritis patients without miserable osteoporotic change.