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What is LLLT or Low Level Laser Therapy (also known as Low Power Laser Therapy)

Chapter 32
Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
LLLT is the application of red and near infrared light over injuries or lesions to improve wound/soft tissue healing and give relief for both acute and chronic pain, nonhealing wounds, post-op pain, and acupoint stimulation. First developed in 1967, it is now commonly referred to as LLLT. The red and near infrared light (600nm-1000nm) commonly used in LLLT can be produced by laser or high-intensity LED. The intensity of LLLT lasers and LEDs is not high like a surgical laser. There is no heating effect.
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Combining Technology with Tradition to Effect Superior Pain Management Strategies
Choong Khean Foo (RMIT University, Australia)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch032
Abstract
Everybody knows what pain is but no one really knows how to switch it off especially when it becomes persistent and annoying. Have we lost sight of the real pathophysiology that underlies the phenomenon of pain? Are we concentrating on the end point rather than the cause of the malady? Drugs and physical therapies don’t have all the answers to pain management. Is there another way? Maybe we should take a broader look at why the pain started in the first place and then we can work out the solution to the health challenge!
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