🧑 Human 🎲 Randomized trial 👥 100 participants ⌛ 3 weeks · 2014 · Italy (Genoa)
Effect of diode laser in the treatment of patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
Vallone · Photomed Laser Surg · 2014
The protocol this study used
Wavelength
980 nm
Dose
37.5 J/cm²
Sessions
9
Per session
60 sec
What the authors concluded
At the end of the 3 week period, the Laser+EX group showed a significantly greater decrease in pain than did the EX group. There was a significant difference between the two groups, with average Δ VAS scores of 3.96 (Laser+EX group) and 2.23 (EX group)." Comment: Relatively large spot size compared to usual PBM!
Source
Dosimetry extracted by Vladimir Heiskanen in Photobiomodulation (PBM) research - a comprehensive database. Citation resolved against PubMed.