Automated Home Oxygen Delivery for Patients with COPD and Respiratory Failure: A New Approach [PDF]
, 2020 Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) has become standard care for the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other severe hypoxemic lung diseases.
Lara Doña, Alejandro +3 more
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Systematic Review of Laser and Other Light Therapy for the Management of Oral Mucositis in Cancer Patients [PDF]
, 2012 Background The aim of this study was to review the available literature and define clinical practice guidelines for the use of laser and other light therapies for the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis.
Brian Hodgson +10 more
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Low level light therapy in the management of paediatric oral and oropharyngeal mucositis [PDF]
, 2017 Oral and oropharyngeal mucositis is a common, debilitating condition experienced by patients undergoing oncology treatment. There are many different management strategies, with low level light therapy (LLLT) an emerging field.
McDowall, F +2 more
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Low-level laser (light) therapy (LLLT) on muscle tissue: performance, fatigue and repair benefited by the power of light [PDF]
, 2012 The use of low level laser (light) therapy (LLLT) has recently expanded to cover areas of medicine that were not previously thought of as the usual applications such as wound healing and inflammatory orthopedic conditions.
Ferraresi, Cleber +2 more
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Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2022 Objective: To investigate the effects of photobiomodulation on Achilles tendon rupture (ATR) treated conservatively. Design: Prospective, patient- and assessor-blinded, parallel, randomized controlled trial.
Pedro Rizzi de Oliveira, PT, MSc +3 more
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Effect of low-level laser therapy on postoperative endodontic pain: An updated systematic review
Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2021 Objective: To evaluate the influence of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on postoperative pain after endodontic treatment. Methods: The PICOS strategy was used to identify randomized clinical trials comparing low-level laser therapy and mock laser therapy ...
Marcella Yasmin Reis Guerreiro +5 more
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In vivo imaging enables high resolution preclinical trials on patients' leukemia cells growing in mice. [PDF]
, 2012 Xenograft mouse models represent helpful tools for preclinical studies on human tumors. For modeling the complexity of the human disease, primary tumor cells are by far superior to established cell lines.
Brentjens, Renier J. +12 more
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Shedding light on Brazil’s contribution to photobiomodulation research in oral medicine: a bibliometric study [PDF]
Brazilian Oral ResearchThe aim of this study was to verify the role of Brazilian researchers in publications related to photobiomodulation (PBM) in the field of oral medicine. We examined ten years from 2012 to 2022 across 16 journals.
Lauren Frenzel SCHUCH +11 more
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Influence of low-level laser irradiation on osteocalcin protein and gene expression in bone tissue1 [PDF]
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2018 Purpose: To evaluate osteocalcin gene and protein expression in vitro and in an in vivo model of ostectomy. Methods: Twenty Wistar rats were assigned into two groups A (n=10, laser) and B (n=10, control).
Fernando Russo Costa do Bomfim +3 more
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Low-Level Nighttime Light Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: To investigate the safety, acceptability, and effectiveness of light therapy on the progression of AMD over 12 months. Methods: This was a phase I/IIa, prospective, proof-of-concept, single-center, unmasked randomized controlled trial.
Bailey, C. +4 more
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