Double Blind Test For Bio-Stimulation Effects On Pain Relief By Diode Laser

Norio Saeki; Iwajiro Sembokuva; Kazuo Arakawa; Iwao Fujimasa; Kunihiko Mabuchi; Yusuke Abe; Kazuhiko Atsumi

doi:10.1117/12.952033

11 September 1989 Double Blind Test For Bio-Stimulation Effects On Pain Relief By Diode Laser

Norio Saeki, Iwajiro Sembokuva, Kazuo Arakawa, Iwao Fujimasa, Kunihiko Mabuchi, Yusuke Abe, Kazuhiko Atsumi

Proceedings Volume 1066, Laser Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952033
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The bio-stimulation effect of semiconductor laser on therapeutic pain relief was investigated by conducting a double blind test performed on more than one hundred patient subjects suffering from various neualgia. A compact laser therapeutic equipment with two laser probes each having 60 mW power was developed and utilized for the experiment. Each probe was driven by either the active or the dummy source selected randomly, and its results were stored in the memory for statistical processing. The therapeutic treatments including active and dummy treatments were performed on 102 subjects. The pain relief effects were confirmed for 85.5% of the subjects.

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Norio Saeki, Iwajiro Sembokuva, Kazuo Arakawa, Iwao Fujimasa, Kunihiko Mabuchi, Yusuke Abe, and Kazuhiko Atsumi "Double Blind Test For Bio-Stimulation Effects On Pain Relief By Diode Laser", Proc. SPIE 1066, Laser Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems, (11 September 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952033

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