🧑 Human 🎲 Randomized trial, double-blind 👥 60 participants ⌛ 2-week treatment / 12-week study · 2004 · Turkey (Diyarbakir)
Efficacy of 904 nm gallium arsenide low level laser therapy in the management of chronic myofascial pain in the neck: a double-blind and randomize-controlled trial.
Gur · Lasers Surg Med · 2004
The protocol this study used
Wavelength
904 nm
Dose
2 J/cm²
Sessions
10
Per session
3 min
What the authors concluded
In active laser group, statistically significant improvements were detected in all outcome measures compared with baseline (P < 0.01) while in the placebo laser group, significant improvements were detected in only pain score at rest at the 1 week later of the end of treatment. The score for self-assessed improvement of pain was significantly different between the active and placebo laser groups
Source
Dosimetry extracted by Vladimir Heiskanen in Photobiomodulation (PBM) research - a comprehensive database. Citation resolved against PubMed.