Laser therapy: an overview

Author

Dyson, Mary

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. Therapy & Rehabilitation Sci., Kansas Univ. Med. Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

197

Abstract

This tutorial lecture will cover: · The medical uses of laser therapy · The clinical role of laser therapy in the stimulation of tissue repair and regeneration, using wound healing as an example · The stages involved in these processes, concentrating on the cellular changes which result in healing · The effects of laser therapy on cells necessary for successful healing · The cellular mechanisms producing these effects. Laser therapy can involve the use of either high or low power lasers. High power lasers produce clinically significant thermal changes in biological tissue; in contrast, the action of low power lasers is predominantly nonthermal.

Keywords

biological effects of laser radiation; cellular effects of radiation; laser applications in medicine; biological tissue; cells; cellular changes; cellular mechanisms; clinical role; clinically significant thermal changes; high power lasers; laser therapy overview; low power lasers; medical uses; tissue regeneration; tissue repair; wound healing; Digital photography; In vivo; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Medical treatment; Permeability; Power lasers; Probes; Wounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133995

Filename

1133995