Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences

Turner, J. and L. Hode. Laser therapy clinical background and scientific practice, 13.3, Prima Books AB,Grängesberg, 2002.Proc.

Young S, Bolton P, Dyson M, Harvey W, Diamantopoulos C.Macrophage responsiveness to light therapy. Lasers Surg Med, 1989;9(5):497-505.

Lim W, Lee S, Kim I, Chung M, Kim M, Lim H, Park J,Kim O, Choi H. The anti-inflammatory mechanism of 635 nm light-emitting-diode irradiation compared with existing COX inhibitors. Lasers Surg Med, 2007;39(7):614-21.

Bjordal JM, Lopes-Martins RA, Iversen VV. A randomised, placebo controlled trial of low level laser therapy for activated Achilles tendinitis with microdialysis measurement of peritendinous prostaglandin E2 concentrations. Br J Sports Med, 2006;40(1):76-80.

Toya S, Motegi M, Inomata K, Ohshiro T, Maeda T. Report on a computer randomized double blind trial to determine the effectiveness of the effectiveness of the GaAlAs (830nm) diode laser for attenuation in selected pain groups. Laser Therapy, 1994;6:143-148.

McCaughey RG, Chlebicki C, Wong BJ. Novel wavelengths for laser nerve stimulation. Lasers Surg Med. 2010 Jan;42(1):69-75

Gur A, Karakoc M, Cevik R, Nas K, Sarac AJ, Karakoc M. Efficacy of low power laser therapy and exercise on pain and functions in chronic low back pain. Lasers Surg Med,2003;32(3):233-8.

Djavid GE, Mehrdad R, Ghasemi M, Hasan-Zadeh H,Sotoodeh-Manesh A, Pouryaghoub G. In chronic low back pain, low level laser therapy combined with exercise is more beneficial than exercise alone in the long term: a randomised trial. Aust J Physiother, 2007;53(3):155-60.

Chou R, Huffman LH. Nonpharmacologic therapies for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline.Ann Intern Med,2007;147(7):492-504.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Schonstein E, Heidari K, Rashidian A,Pennick V, Akbari-Kamrani M, Irani S, Shakiba B, Mortaz Hejri SA, Mortaz Hejri SO, Jonaidi A. Low level laser therapy for nonspecific low-back pain.Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2008: CD005107.

Meireles SM, Jones A, Jennings F, Suda AL, Parizotto NA, Natour J. Assessment of the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy on the hands of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized double-blind controlled trial. Clin Rheumatol. 2010 May;29(5):501-9.

Unlu Z, Tasci S, Tarhan S, Pabuscu Y, Islak S.Comparison of 3 physical therapy modalities for acute pain in lumbar disc herniationmeasured by clinical evaluation and magnetic resonance imaging. J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 2008;31(3):191-8.

Tosteson AN, Skinner JS, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD,Andersson GB, Berven S, Grove MR, Hanscom B,Blood EA, Weinstein JN. The cost effectiveness of surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar disc herniation over two years: evidence from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). Spine,2008;33(19):2108-15.

Kahn F. Low intensity laser therapy: The clinical approach. Proc of SPIE, 2006:6140.

Venezian GC,da Silva MA, Mazzetto RG, Mazzetto MO. Cranio. Low level laser effects on pain to palpation and electromyographic activity in TMD patients: a double-blind,randomized, placebo-controlled study. 2010Apr;28(2):84-91.PMID: 20491229.

Liu XG, Zhou YJ, Liu TC,Yuan JQ. Effects of low-level laser irradiation on rat skeletal muscle injury after eccentric exercise. Photomed Laser Surg. 2009 Dec;27(6):863-9.

Dirican A, Andacoglu O, Johnson R, McGuire K, Mager L,Soran A. The short-term effects of low-level laser therapy in the management of breast-cancer-related lymphedema. Support Care Cancer 2010 May 6.

Dissemond J. Physical treatment modalities for chronic leg ulcers. Hautarz 2010 May;61(5):387-96.

Bjordal JM, Klovning A, Lopes-Martins RA, Roland PD,Joensen J, Slordal L. Overviews and systematic reviews on low back pain. Ann Intern Med 2008;148(10):789-90.

Cheong SK, Krishnan S, Cho SH. Modeling of plasmonic heating from individual gold nanoshells for near-infrared laser-induced thermal therapy. Med Phys 2009 Oct;36(10): 4664-71

Basford JR, Sheffield CG, Harmsen WS. Laser therapy: a randomized, controlled trial of the effects of low-intensity Nd:YAG laser irradiation on musculoskeletal back pain.Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 1999;80(6):647-52.

Soriano F, Rios R, Gallium Arsenide laser treatment of chronic low back pain: a prospective, randomized and double blind study. Laser Therapy, 1998;10:175-180

Anain JM Jr, Bojrab AR, Rhinehart FC. Conservative treatments for rheumatoid arthritis in the foot and ankle. Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2010 Apr;27(2):193-207 Review