Low-level light/laser therapy versus photobiomodulation therapy
One article on PainSci cites Anders 2015: Cold Laser Therapy Reviewed
PainSci summary of Anders 2015: ?This page is one of thousands in the PainScience.com bibliography. It is not a general article: it is focused on a single scientific paper, and it may provide only just enough context for the summary to make sense. Links to other papers and more general information are provided wherever possible.
Short editorial arguing that “photobiomodulation therapy [as opposed to several other names, like low-level laser therapy] is an accurate and specific term for this effective and important application of light.” The authors clearly are True Believers in photobiomodulation therapy, and I wouldn’t trust their judgement on its efficacy, but I think their argument about naming is just fine as far as it goes.
This page is part of the PainScience BIBLIOGRAPHY, which contains plain language summaries of thousands of scientific papers & others sources. It’s like a highly specialized blog. A few highlights:
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