Category: Science News

Background: Insufficient neuronal mitochondrial bioenergetics supply occurs after spinal cord injury (SCI), leading to neuronal apoptosis and impaired motor function. Previous reports have shown that...

CONCLUSION: These findings show that PBM at 830 nm using a fluence of 5 J/cm² could induce cell viability, migration and proliferation to favor successful healing of diabetic wounds. This study...

CONCLUSION: LLLT significantly reduces pain and disability in lower extremity tendinopathy and plantar fasciitis in the short and medium term. Long-term data were not available. Some uncertainty...

Male androgenetic alopecia is a common condition and represents a major concern for patients who experience this condition. While there are different treatments to stop hair loss and improve hair...

CONCLUSION: Photo-biomodulation helps reduce vascularization in chorioallantoic embryonic membrane of chicken eggs and changes in the network architecture. Our results open the possibility of future...

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Farzan, A. K. Khaleghi (2021). "The Effectiveness of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Pain Induced by Orthodontic Separator Placement: A Systematic Review." J...

CONCLUSIONS: LLLT was found to be an effective non pharmacological method for relieving pain after implant insertion. Piezosurgical flapless implant placement combined with LLLT is considered an...

CONCLUSION: This study introduced the evolving publication network and predicted the research trends of CMI, which helped researchers to obtain detailed and reliable knowledge of the discipline, and...

CONCLUSION: ILIB might have beneficial effects on MG, and brain SPECT images provided direct evidence of a positive correlation between ILIB and clinical performance.

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a crucial role in the degenerative course of rheumatic disorders. They are responsible for cartilage and other joint-associated tissues breakdown. Amid arthritis...

Diabetes is a serious threat to global health and is among the top 10 causes of death. The Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is among the most common and severe complications of the disease. Bacterial...

CONCLUSION: Low to moderate certainty evidence shows that PBMT is a resource that can reduce oxidative damage and increase enzymatic antioxidant activity post exercise. We found evidence to support...

Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) is a therapeutic option that stimulates cellular function through intracellular photobiological and photochemical reactions, promoting better tissue repair and an...

CONCLUSION: All three methods accelerated OTM, with the combination of LLLT + piezocision producing the strongest and LLLT producing the weakest acceleration.

CONCLUSION: Single-session irradiation of 940 nm diode laser can effectively decrease pain following third molar extraction surgery.

Objective: To investigate the effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) as a new nonpharmaceutical approach to improve cognitive symptoms in patients with dementia. Background: Routine...

Objective: The objective of this study is to report on the bactericidal effects of blue light administered at low irradiance for extended periods of time. Background: Multidrug-resistant organisms...

Recently, with the development of the social economy, the incidence of infertility has increased year by year. With its complex etiology and diversified syndromes, infertility has become one of the...

Patients with a defecation disorder may not evoke a normal defecation reflex, or the reflex may be excessive, as a dysfunction of the spinal autonomic nervous system. Treatment with various forms of...

CONCLUSION: The combination of interstitial-intralesional laser therapy, photocoagulation and LANAP was able to treat an aggressive pyogenic granuloma with tooth preservation.

CONCLUSION: In real-world clinical settings, 2/3 women with IC/BPS who opted to undergo TV-PBM therapy reported significant decrease in pelvic pain and dysuria. These findings are promising; however,...

Herein are reported the effects of photobiomodulation (PBM) on adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) quantification and mitochondria membrane potential (MMP) of the...

Melanoma is a highly aggressive skin cancer that requires new approaches for its management. Low-level laser therapy, currently named photobiomodulation therapy (PBM), has been used to improve...

CONCLUSION: This study confirmed the efficacy and safety of combined IPL and LLLT demonstrating its superiority compared to topical treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: There is robust evidence for using PBM to prevent and treat a broad range of complications in cancer care. Specific clinical practice guidelines or evidence-based expert consensus...

CONCLUSION: LLLT can be successfully used for the surgical extractions.

CONCLUSIONS: The study shows significant improvements in the mouth opening of the OSMF patient during treatment and postoperatively. Thus, our study confirms LLLT can be used as one of the modality...

CONCLUSION: PBM at an appropriate wavelength is a potential tool for the management of pain and accelerating healing at mandibular third molar extraction sites.

Water polo (WP) is a high-intensity intermittent aquatic sport, with a predominance of swimming skills and nonswimming activities and incomplete recovery periods. Consequently, recovery after...

The main objectives of the study were to explore whether laser Photobiomodulation (PBM) in addition to traditional dressing of hard-to-heal venous leg ulcer, reduced healing time of the ulcer and if...

Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has several benefits in dentistry, including anti-inflammatory effects and increased proliferation. This study aimed to investigate the effect of 445nm blue laser and...

CONCLUSION: LPT has the potential to accelerate orthodontic tooth movement by 33%.

Neuronal cells can be generated from adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) through biological or chemical inducers. Research has shown that this process may be optimized by the introduction of laser...

CONCLUSIONS: PBM has already proved itself as a convenient and effective tool to prevent drastic cellular events in the stress conditions. Because of the poor viability of cells in scaffolds and the...

Periodontitis often causes damage to the periodontal tissue and affects the function of human periodontal ligament stem cells (hPDLSCs). Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been used for periodontal...

INTRODUCTION: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most common complications of diabetes that strongly impact the patients' quality of life and working ability. Evidence indicated that...

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Gingival fibroblasts have critical roles in oral wound healing. Photobiomodulation (PBM) has been shown to promote mucosal healing and is now recommended for managing oncotherapy-associated oral...

CONCLUSIONS: The efficacy difference between the LFQS 1064-nm laser and HFQS 755-nm laser in treating CALMs in a 3-month comparative trial was statistically insignificant. LFQS is preferred by...

Status epilepticus (SE) refers to a single seizure that lasts longer than typical seizures or a series of consecutive seizures. The hippocampus, which is vulnerable to the effects of SE, has a...

CONCLUSIONS: The efficacy difference between the LFQS 1064-nm laser and HFQS 755-nm laser in treating CALMs in a 3-month comparative trial was statistically insignificant. LFQS is preferred by...

Treatment of skeletal muscle atrophy and strengthening the muscles remain a challenge in modern medicine. Studies have shown that photobiomodulation can inhibit skeletal muscle atrophy and aid in...

Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) has become an adjuvant therapeutic possibility in body remodeling procedures. Given this scenario, this study was proposed with the aim of evaluating the effects of...

CONCLUSION: The data presented here show promise for future, larger, controlled studies on the use of ReBuilder® devices for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy pain.

Background: Due to the high morbidity and mortality rates of this century, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the health of the global population. Objective: The aim was to...

CONCLUSION: The data presented here show promise for future, larger, controlled studies on the use of ReBuilder® devices for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy pain.

Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) also known as photobiomodulation is a treatment to change cellular biological activity. The exact effects of LLLT remain unclear due to the different irradiation...

CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this review indicate that nonpharmacological interventions for patients with opioid tolerance or dependence include physical, psychological, and multimodal approaches....

INTRODUCTION: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common, progressive, and debilitating neurodegenerative disease associated with aging and the most common movement disorder....

Photobiomodulation therapy has become the focus of medical research in many areas such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), because of its modulatory effect on cellular processes through light energy...

CONCLUSION: Low-level laser therapy and exercise restored functionality, and exercise restored morphological aspects of tissues in experimentally induced RA in rats.

The local photobiomodulation (LPBM) has demonstrated positive effects during compensatory hypertrophy (CH) in skeletal muscle as a response to an overload. The aim was to compare the effects of the...

Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) is a non-invasive and pain-less treatment for hair loss. Researches on PBMT rarely considered the impact of different light structures. In this study, we irradiated...

This experimental study examined the effects of curcumin-loaded iron oxide nanoparticles (CUR), photobiomodulation (PBM), and CUR + PBM treatments on mast cells (MC)s numbers and degranulation,...

Immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint inhibitors, has revolutionized cancer treatment, but only a minor fraction of patients shows durable responses. A new approach to overcome this limitation...

BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance (IR) is the main risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. Both strength training (ST) and photobiomodulation therapy (PBMt) reduce IR, but the effect of combining...

CONCLUSIONS: More clinical and research studies are recommended to validate this approach for this condition and other soft-tissue traumata.

CONCLUSIONS: Laser acupuncture may be considered for treating pain and improving QoL of patients with trigger finger. In addition, laser acupuncture causes minimal side-effects, compared with other...

CONCLUSIONS: This investigation suggested that PBMT can improve the rosacea condition by regulating key inflammatory mediators and dysregulating immune infiltration and angiogenesis.

Light is a natural agent consisting of a range of visible and invisible electromagnetic spectrum travels in waves. Near-infrared (NIR) light refers to wavelengths from 800 to 2,500 nm. It is an...