Laser Blood Irradiation
 

http://www.laserpartner.org/lasp/web/en/2003/0058.htm

http://www.chinatech.com/irradiation.htm

more info thanks to hapyman

Some info from http://www.wanliyiliao.gz.cn/product.asp

Cardio-cerebral vascular disease laser therapeutic apparatus

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"C-reactive protein measures general levels of inflammation in your body."

http://www.revolutionhealth.com/article ... ipc=B00232

"reduction of the degree of C - reactive protein [due to laser blood irradiation]"

http://www.lasercliniclondon.com/phdi/p ... ent&part=5



http://www.drz.org/asp/conditions/tinnitus2.asp
http://www.rj-laser.com/english/src_tinnitus.htm

Laser Blood Irradiation
 

In lieu of hijacking that post above anymore, I thought I would put added information on this here. Here is more info on Laser Blood Irradiation:



As for how often to use, this study did laser blood irradiation 3 times per week. They also state that the effects seem to last for 15 or 16 weeks. Here's the link to the study

http://www.laser-akupunktur.info/pdf...ggi_valles.pdf

Here's a good quote

"We can imagine that, after a complete cycle of
treatment, all circulating red blood cells are “activated”;
since they have different “ages”, they will survive
for different times; but, in any case, the youngest
among them will disappear from circulating blood
after about 15 weeks and, after that, the therapeutic
effect will be lost."






Here's an interesting patent and information

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"Intransal Red Light Probe for Treating Alzheimer's Disease" (DiMauro).

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http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/2008...#ixzz0Rt1V9xTC

Hi
I have had to do some edits re copyright

please just add the link and only a short quote. also please check all source articles...if they say All Rights reserved or have copyright rules in their terms of use, we have to abide by those and not have copy/pasting

I have also merged one of your posts from the other thread here as it is a different topic

thanks

From doing a Google search, I found this page. It cites about 11 studies done in other countries on Lasers showing benefit to Peripheral Neuropathy.



http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=...OQi0cxwB_2gSgQ

Anodyne therapy has been used for PN for quite a while.

Here is a discussion about it and compares it to laser:

http://www.anodynetherapy.com/infrared_therapy.html

here is a post link to some more information on LLLT:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post592917-2.html

As I mentioned in the "Neuropathy does improve" sticky--
 

--it does seem as if this laser therapy is the next generation of anodyne/infrared therapy, which has been around a long time, and was actually first used in veterinary practice.

I just started doing the blood irradiation and I am going to purchase an infrared 850-930nm laser at some point and experiment. Have any of you or do you know of anybody who has used the Anodyne devices?

Has anybody tried the Anodyned equipment? Any good? I am especially interested Lasers for Nerve Regeneration. This site has studies and information. http://www.thorlaser.com/nerve/index.htm.

Have you done a search of this site for 'Anodyne'?
There may be some answers here for you.

These recent studies with the 8-900nm lasers are the interesting ones see below:




Neurol Res. 2004 Mar;26(2):233-9.

Phototherapy promotes regeneration and functional recovery of injured peripheral nerve.
Anders JJ, Geuna S, Rochkind S.

Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20854, USA. janders@usuhs.mil

Numerous attempts have been made to enhance and/or accelerate the recovery of injured peripheral nerves. One of the methods studied is the use of phototherapy (low power laser or light irradiation) to enhance recovery of the injured peripheral nerve. A critical analysis of the literature on the employment of phototherapy for the enhancement of the regeneration process of the rat facial and sciatic nerve (after crush injury or transection followed by surgical reconstruction) is provided, together with the description of some of the most suitable basic biological mechanisms through which laser radiation exerts its action on peripheral nerve regeneration.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...&ordinalpos=11


Lasers Surg Med. 2009 Jan;41(1):36-41.

810 nm Wavelength light: an effective therapy for transected or contused rat spinal cord.
Wu X, Dmitriev AE, Cardoso MJ, Viers-Costello AG, Borke RC, Streeter J, Anders JJ.

Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Light therapy has biomodulatory effects on central and peripheral nervous tissue. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe central nervous system trauma with no effective restorative therapies. The effectiveness of light therapy on SCI caused by different types of trauma was determined. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two SCI models were used: a contusion model and a dorsal hemisection model. Light (810 nm) was applied transcutaneously at the lesion site immediately after injury and daily for 14 consecutive days. A laser diode with an output power of 150 mW was used for the treatment. The daily dosage at the surface of the skin overlying the lesion site was 1,589 J/cm(2) (0.3 cm(2) spot area, 2,997 seconds). Mini-ruby was used to label corticospinal tract axons, which were counted and measured from the lesion site distally. Functional recovery was assessed by footprint test for the hemisection model and open-field test for the contusion model. Rats were euthanized 3 weeks after injury. RESULTS: The average length of axonal re-growth in the rats in the light treatment (LT) groups with the hemisection (6.89+/-0.96 mm) and contusion (7.04+/-0.76 mm) injuries was significantly longer than the comparable untreated control groups (3.66+/-0.26 mm, hemisection; 2.89+/-0.84 mm, contusion). The total axon number in the LT groups was significantly higher compared to the untreated groups for both injury models (P<0.05). For the hemisection model, the LT group had a statistically significant lower angle of rotation (P<0.05) compared to the controls. For contusion model, there was a statistically significant functional recovery (P<0.05) in the LT group compared to untreated control. CONCLUSIONS: Light therapy applied non-invasively promotes axonal regeneration and functional recovery in acute SCI caused by different types of trauma. These results suggest that light is a promising therapy for human SCI.

PMID: 19143019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...m&ordinalpos=2


The rest of them are here:


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?t...med_RVAbstract

What really interests me are these new studies being done with the 810-935nm lasers that are actually regenerating and healing nerves.

http://www.thorlaser.com/nerve/index.htm

These recent studies by Dr. Anders on PubMed are cutting edge:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...m=(Anders%20JJ)



This one especially:

Lasers Surg Med. 2009 Jan;41(1):36-41.

810 nm Wavelength light: an effective therapy for transected or contused rat spinal cord.
Wu X, Dmitriev AE, Cardoso MJ, Viers-Costello AG, Borke RC, Streeter J, Anders JJ.

Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Light therapy has biomodulatory effects on central and peripheral nervous tissue. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe central nervous system trauma with no effective restorative therapies. The effectiveness of light therapy on SCI caused by different types of trauma was determined. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two SCI models were used: a contusion model and a dorsal hemisection model. Light (810 nm) was applied transcutaneously at the lesion site immediately after injury and daily for 14 consecutive days. A laser diode with an output power of 150 mW was used for the treatment. The daily dosage at the surface of the skin overlying the lesion site was 1,589 J/cm(2) (0.3 cm(2) spot area, 2,997 seconds). Mini-ruby was used to label corticospinal tract axons, which were counted and measured from the lesion site distally. Functional recovery was assessed by footprint test for the hemisection model and open-field test for the contusion model. Rats were euthanized 3 weeks after injury. RESULTS: The average length of axonal re-growth in the rats in the light treatment (LT) groups with the hemisection (6.89+/-0.96 mm) and contusion (7.04+/-0.76 mm) injuries was significantly longer than the comparable untreated control groups (3.66+/-0.26 mm, hemisection; 2.89+/-0.84 mm, contusion). The total axon number in the LT groups was significantly higher compared to the untreated groups for both injury models (P<0.05). For the hemisection model, the LT group had a statistically significant lower angle of rotation (P<0.05) compared to the controls. For contusion model, there was a statistically significant functional recovery (P<0.05) in the LT group compared to untreated control. CONCLUSIONS: Light therapy applied non-invasively promotes axonal regeneration and functional recovery in acute SCI caused by different types of trauma. These results suggest that light is a promising therapy for human SCI.

PMID: 19143019 [PubMed - indexedhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19143019?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed _ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=2
for MEDLINE]

Neurol Res. 2004 Mar;26(2):233-9.

Phototherapy promotes regeneration and functional recovery of injured peripheral nerve.
Anders JJ, Geuna S, Rochkind S.

Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20854, USA. janders@usuhs.mil

Numerous attempts have been made to enhance and/or accelerate the recovery of injured peripheral nerves. One of the methods studied is the use of phototherapy (low power laser or light irradiation) to enhance recovery of the injured peripheral nerve. A critical analysis of the literature on the employment of phototherapy for the enhancement of the regeneration process of the rat facial and sciatic nerve (after crush injury or transection followed by surgical reconstruction) is provided, together with the description of some of the most suitable basic biological mechanisms through which laser radiation exerts its action on peripheral nerve regeneration.

PMID: 15072645 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15072645?log$=activity

Neurol Res. 2004 Mar;26(2):233-9.

Phototherapy promotes regeneration and functional recovery of injured peripheral nerve.
Anders JJ, Geuna S, Rochkind S.

Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20854, USA. janders@usuhs.mil

Numerous attempts have been made to enhance and/or accelerate the recovery of injured peripheral nerves. One of the methods studied is the use of phototherapy (low power laser or light irradiation) to enhance recovery of the injured peripheral nerve. A critical analysis of the literature on the employment of phototherapy for the enhancement of the regeneration process of the rat facial and sciatic nerve (after crush injury or transection followed by surgical reconstruction) is provided, together with the description of some of the most suitable basic biological mechanisms through which laser radiation exerts its action on peripheral nerve regeneration.

PMID: 15072645 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15072645?log$=activity

Actually anything above the traditional LLLT spectrum of 650nm and in the Infrared Laser range is giving this action:



Lasers Surg Med. 2009 Apr;41(4):277-81.

Increase of neuronal sprouting and migration using 780 nm laser phototherapy as procedure for cell therapy.
Rochkind S, El-Ani D, Nevo Z, Shahar A.

Division of Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel. rochkind@zahav.net.il

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The present study focuses on the effect of 780 nm laser irradiation on the growth of embryonic rat brain cultures embedded in NVR-Gel (cross-linked hyaluronic acid with adhesive molecule laminin and several growth factors). Dissociated neuronal cells were first grown in suspension attached to cylindrical microcarriers (MCs). The formed floating cell-MC aggregates were subsequently transferred into stationary cultures in gel and then laser treated. The response of neuronal growth following laser irradiation was investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Whole brains were dissected from 16 days Sprague-Dawley rat embryos. Cells were mechanically dissociated, using narrow pipettes, and seeded on positively charged cylindrical MCs. After 4-14 days in suspension, the formed floating cell-MC aggregates were seeded as stationary cultures in NVR-Gel. Single cell-MC aggregates were either irradiated with near-infrared 780 nm laser beam for 1, 4, or 7 minutes, or cultured without irradiation. Laser powers were 10, 30, 50, 110, 160, 200, and 250 mW. RESULTS: 780 nm laser irradiation accelerated fiber sprouting and neuronal cell migration from the aggregates. Furthermore, unlike control cultures, the irradiated cultures (mainly after 1 minute irradiation of 50 mW) were already established after a short time of cultivation. They contained a much higher number of large size neurons (P<0.01), which formed dense branched interconnected networks of thick neuronal fibers. CONCLUSIONS: 780 nm laser phototherapy of embryonic rat brain cultures embedded in hyaluronic acid-laminin gel and attached to positively charged cylindrical MCs, stimulated migration and fiber sprouting of neuronal cells aggregates, developed large size neurons with dense branched interconnected network of neuronal fibers and, therefore, can be considered as potential procedure for cell therapy of neuronal injury or disease.

PMID: 19347939 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]