Trial reportLasers in medical science2018
Photobiomodulation improves motor response in patients with spinal cord injury submitted to electromyographic evaluation: randomized clinical trial.
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- Electrophysiological Outcome Measures in Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2019Pooled it
- Sensory and motor responses after photobiomodulation associated with physiotherapy in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury: clinical, randomized trial.Lasers in medical science · 2020Trial
- Effects of Photobiomodulation on Nervous System Disorders: A Narrative Review.Journal of lasers in medical sciences · 2025Review
- Effect of Photobiomodulation Combined with Physiotherapy on Functional Performance in Children with Myelomeningo-Cele-Randomized, Blind, Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Clinical safety study of photobiomodulation in acute spinal cord injury by scattering fiber.Lasers in medical science · 2022Article
- Optimization of the Duration and Dose of Photobiomodulation Therapy (660 nm Laser) for Spinal Cord Injury in Rats.Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery · 2022Article
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- Transcutaneous transmission of photobiomodulation light to the spinal canal of dog as measured from cadaver dogs using a multi-channel intra-spinal probe.Lasers in medical science · 2019Article
- Optimization of photobiomodulation therapy for spinal cord injury: A review.Photochemistry and photobiologyReview
- Photobiomodulation Therapy for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Current Evidence and Future Directions.Neurotrauma reportsReview
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Abstract
Photobiomodulation is a treatment that has been widely used in neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases. In the present study, low-level laser therapy was administered to patients with spinal cord injury. Twenty-five individuals were divided into two groups: placebo photobiomodulation plus physiotherapy and active photobiomodulation plus physiotherapy. Electromyographic evaluations were performed before and after 12 sessions of phototherapy as well as 30 days after the end of treatment. In the active phototherapy group, median frequency values of the brachial biceps and femoral quadriceps muscles were higher at rest and during isotonic contraction 30 days after photobiomodulation (p = 0.0258). No significant results were found regarding the rest and isotonic conditions in the pre-photobiomodulation period (p = 0.950) or immediately following photobiomodulation (p = 0.262). The data provide evidence that phototherapy improves motor responses in individuals with spinal cord injury, as demonstrated by differences in the EMG signal before and after treatment.
trial registrationNCT 03031223.
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