Wound healing of animal and human body sport and traffic accident injuries using low-level laser therapy treatment: a randomized clinical study of seventy-four patients with control group
Simunovic Z, Ivankovich AD, Depolo A
Journal of clinical laser medicine & surgery · 45 citas
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Cómo se estudió
- Diseño
- Ensayo controlado aleatorizado (indexado por PubMed)
- Estudiado en
- Personas, más trabajo en animales o laboratorio
- Resultado principal
- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación no declarada
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2000-04-01 · J Clin Laser Med Surg · vol. 18 · número 2 · págs. 67–73
- Editorial
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Citado
- 88 citas · más que el 77% de estudios similares · 1.2× el promedio de su campo
- Referencias
- 4 trabajos
- Acceso
- De pago
- Áreas de investigación
- Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine · Wound Healing and Treatments · Dermatologic Treatments and Research
- Palabras clave
- low-level laser therapy, wound healing, sports injuries, traffic accidents, surgical wounds, rabbits, Achilles tendon, wrist injuries, interphalangeal joint, analgesia, functional recovery, GaAlAs laser, He-Ne laser, return to sport
- MeSH
- animals, rabbits, humans, wounds and injuries, athletic injuries, disease models, animal, postoperative care, accidents, traffic, wound healing, adolescent, adult, aged, middle aged, female, male, low-level light therapy
3 autores
- Zlatko Simunovic🇨🇭Ospedale Regionale di Locarno
- Anthony D. Ivankovich
- Arsen Depolo
Resumen
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Background and objective
The main objective of current animal and clinical studies was to assess the efficacy of low level laser therapy (LLLT) on wound healing in rabbits and humans.
Study design/materials and methods
In the initial part of our research we conducted a randomized controlled animal study, where we evaluated the effects of laser irradiation on the healing of surgical wounds on rabbits. The manner of the application of LLLT on the human body are analogous to those of similar physiologic structure in animal tissue, therefore, this study was continued on humans. Clinical study was performed on 74 patients with injuries to the following anatomic locations: ankle and knee, bilaterally, Achilles tendon; epicondylus; shoulder; wrist; interphalangeal joints of hands, unilaterally. All patients had had surgical procedure prior to LLLT. Two types of laser devices were used: infrared diode laser (GaAlAs) 830 nm continuous wave for treatment of trigger points (TPs) and HeNe 632.8 nm combined with diode laser 904-nm pulsed wave for scanning procedure. Both were applied as monotherapy during current clinical study. The results were observed and measured according to the following clinical parameters: redness, heat, pain, swelling and loss of function, and finally postponed to statistical analysis via chi2 test.
Results
After comparing the healing process between two groups of patients, we obtained the following results: wound healing was significantly accelerated (25%-35%) in the group of patients treated with LLLT. Pain relief and functional recovery of patients treated with LLLT were significantly improved comparing to untreated patients.
Conclusion
In addition to accelerated wound healing, the main advantages of LLLT for postoperative sport- and traffic-related injuries include prevention of side effects of drugs, significantly accelerated functional recovery, earlier return to work, training and sport competition compared to the control group of patients, and cost benefit.
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