Low level laser therapy (Classes I, II and III) for treating rheumatoid arthritis

Juvenile Spondyloarthritis

“…LLLT (Ga-Al-As laser) is a light source that generates extremely pure light, of a single wavelength. The effect is not thermal, but rather related to photochemical reactions in the cells (Brosseau, Robinson et al 2005;Hawkins, Houreld et al 2005). Laser therapy is used in many biomedical sciences to promote tissue regeneration (Mester, Mester et al 1985;Karu 1999).…”

Blue Laser Light Increases Perfusion of a Skin Flap Via Release of Nitric Oxide from Hemoglobin

“…Therefore, it can be expected that under pathological circumstances, the effect of laser irradiation can occur without infusing NO-Hb. Such applications of laser irradiation are known as low level laser therapy (24)(25)(26)(27)(28).…”

“…It has been reported to facilitate wound healing (24), particular venous leg ulcers (25), improve pain relief (26,27), rheumatoid arthritis (28) and a number of other disorders. However, recent attempts to review the results of LLLT have shown large variations in results due to a large heterogeneity of patients (26) and the absence of clear rules on how to choose the right irradiation conditions (28). At present, there are only empiric methods to choose the settings of LLLT.…”

Gallium Arsenide Low Level Laser Therapy as an Adjunctive Modality in Treatment of Cellulite After Liposuction

“…Administering LLLT below the dose range does not appear to be effective [15]. The factors of wavelength, effective dose, doserate effects, beam penetration, the role of coherence, and pulses (peak power and repetition rates) are still poorly understood in the clinical setting.…”