ArticleLaser therapy2012
Laser acupuncture - innovative basic research: visual and laser-induced evoked potentials.
Article in Laser therapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Laser Acupuncture: 35 Years of Successful Application in Russia (Narrative Review).Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2020Review
- Modern acupuncture-like stimulation methods: a literature review.Integrative medicine research · 2015Review
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Abstract
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aimsLaser acupuncture is a therapeutic medical method. Innovative basic research is necessary within this fascinating area of research. This publication focuses on visual evoked potentials (VEP) elucidated by non-invasive and partially non-perceptible laser stimulation. Materials (Subjects) and Methods: The first part of this study presents systematic VEP-monitoring in connection with laser acupuncture and manual needle acupuncture in 40 healthy volunteers. The second part deals with bilateral non-perceptible laser needle (658 nm, 40 mW, 500 µm, 1 Hz) irradiation of the Neiguan acupoint (PC6) in a 26-year-old female healthy volunteer using a new 32-channel evoked potential analysis technique.
resultsWe were not able to find significant changes in latency or amplitudes of VEPs during laser acupuncture within the first part of the study. However in the second part we report about human cerebral evoked potentials after non-perceptible laser stimulation.
conclusionsThe findings indicate that exposure to laser needle stimulation with a frequency of 1 Hz can modulate the ascending reticular activating system. Further studies are necessary to confirm or refute the very interesting findings.
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