ReviewLasers in medical science2017
Clinical effectiveness of low-level laser treatment on peripheral somatosensory neuropathy.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of biophysical agents in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome- an umbrella review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of low-level laser radiation on improving inferior alveolar nerve damage after sagittal split osteotomy: a systematic review.Lasers in medical science · 2019Pooled it
- A Retrospective Assessment of Neuropathic Pain in Response to Intraneural FacilitationBiomedicines · 2025Article
- Comparison of the effect of separate and simultaneous application of Tecar therapy and low-level laser therapy on the neurological symptoms of type 2 diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy of lower limbs.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- In vivo attenuation profile of 660 nm and 830 nm wavelengths on human elbow skin and calcaneus tendon of different phototypes.Lasers in medical science · 2024Article
- Photobiomodulation promotes neural regeneration when compared to simvastatin treatment in a sciatic nerve crush model.Lasers in medical science · 2021Article
- The Efficacy of Adding Electromagnetic Therapy or Laser Therapy to Medications in Patients With Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2020Article
- Use of low-power He-Ne laser therapy to accelerate regeneration processes of injured sciatic nerve in rabbit.The Egyptian journal of neurology, psychiatry and neurosurgery · 2019Article
- Comparative effect of photobiomodulation associated with dexamethasone after sciatic nerve injury model.Lasers in medical science · 2018Article
- Use of electroanalgesia and laser therapies as alternatives to opioids for acute and chronic pain management.F1000Research · 2017Review
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Abstract
Peripheral sensory neuropathy treatment is one of the common treatment problems and causes morbidity and mortality in people suffering from that. Although treatment depends on the underlying cause of the condition, nevertheless, in some cases, there is no cure for it, and it requires palliative and symptomatic treatment. In laboratory studies, low-level laser has been effective in the nerves protection and restoration. The aim of this article is to investigate the clinical efficacy of low-level laser on improvement of the peripheral somatosensory neuropathy. Search in the articles published up to 30 October 2015 (full text and abstracts) in databases PubMed (Medline), Cochrane library, Physiotherapy Evidence Database was performed. The studies of low-level laser trials on patients with peripheral neuropathy were carried out and evaluated in terms of the exclusion criteria. There are 35 articles among which 10 articles had the intended and required criteria. 1, 3, and 6 articles study the patients with diabetes, neuropathy caused by trauma, and carpal tunnel syndrome, respectively. In six studies, laser led to a reduction in sensory impairment and improvement of the physiological function of the sensory nerves. In these articles, lasers (Diode, GaAlAs, He-Ne) had wavelength range 660-860 nm, radiation power 20-250 mW, energy density 0.45-70 J/cm
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