外文题目: Low-power laser therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome: effective optical power
作者: Chen Yan; Zhao Chengqiang; Ye Gang; Liu Candong; Xu Wendong
刊名: 中国神经再生研究NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH
年: 2016 卷: 11 期: 7 页： 1180--1184
英文关键词:

nerve regeneration; peripheral nerve regeneration; carpal tunnel syndrome; laser therapy; median nerve; diode laser; skin absorption; skin reflection; skin scattering; laser power measurement; laser therapy; neural regeneration
英文摘要:
Low-power laser therapy has been used for the non-surgical treatment of mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome, although its efficacy has been a long-standing controversy. The laser parameters in low-power laser therapy are closely related to the laser effect on human tissue. To evaluate the efficacy of low-power laser therapy, laser parameters should be accurately measured and controlled, which has been ignored in previous clinical trials. Here, we report the measurement of the effective optical power of low-power laser therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome. By monitoring the backside reflection and scattering laser power from human skin at the wrist, the effective laser power can be inferred. Using clinical measurements from 30 cases, we found that the effective laser power differed significantly among cases, with the measured laser reflection coefficient ranging from 1.8% to 54%. The reflection coefficient for 36.7% of these 30 cases was in the range of 10-20%, but for 16.7% of cases, it was higher than 40%. Consequently, monitoring the effective optical power during laser irradiation is necessary for the laser therapy of carpal tunnel syndrome.


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