Value of low-power lasers in the treatment of symptomatic spondilosis

Ciprian Antipa; Vladimir Moldoveanu; Nicolae Rusca; Ion I. Bruckner; Mihaela Vlaiculescu; Elena Ionescu; Virgil V. Vasiliu

doi:10.1117/12.312830

2 July 1998 Value of low-power lasers in the treatment of symptomatic spondilosis

Ciprian Antipa, Vladimir Moldoveanu, Nicolae Rusca, Ion I. Bruckner, Mihaela Vlaiculescu, Elena Ionescu, Virgil V. Vasiliu

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Proceedings Volume 3405, ROMOPTO '97: Fifth Conference on Optics; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312830
Event: ROMOPTO '97: Fifth Conference on Optics, 1997, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

Low power laser (LPL) use in the treatment of arthrosic rheumatism is well known. From a total number of 280 patients with symptomatic spondylosis we finally selected 66, with changes of the EEG color mapping. These investigation was done before and after treatment in order to obtain an objective method to appreciate these results. The patients were splitted in laser group (36 patients treated with HeNe and IR diode LPL) and control group (30 patients treated with placebo laser). The results indicate a significant improvement of the symptoms at 77% of the patients from laser group as compared with 33% favorable results at the placebo laser. The EEG mapping improved at 58% patients from laser group as compared with 20% at the control group.

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Ciprian Antipa, Vladimir Moldoveanu, Nicolae Rusca, Ion I. Bruckner, Mihaela Vlaiculescu, Elena Ionescu, and Virgil V. Vasiliu "Value of low-power lasers in the treatment of symptomatic spondilosis", Proc. SPIE 3405, ROMOPTO '97: Fifth Conference on Optics, (2 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312830

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