The Proximal Priority Theory: An Updated Technique in Low Level Laser Therapy with an 830 nm GaAlAs Laser

• Ohshiro Toshio

  Japan Medical Laser Laboratory

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Background and Aims: The 830 nm GaAlAs diode laser has played an extremely active role in low level laser therapy (LLLT) since the early 1980’s. Recently, the author modified his original proximal priority laser technique (PPLT), and the current article set out to explain the improved approach and show scientific evidence for its efficacy.<br>Laser Therapy System: The laser therapy system used was based on the GaAlAs diode (OhLase-3D1, JMLL, Japan), delivering 60 mW in continuous wave at a wavelength of 830 nm in the near infrared with a power density at the tip of the probe head of approximately 1.2 W/cm².<br>Proximal Priority Laser Technique: Under the author’s PPLT concept, the brain is the control center for the body so every other part of the body is distal to the head. The main blood supply to the head is through the carotid arteries, and the deep penetration of the 830 nm beam applied to the side of the neck can involve and photoactivate the external and internal carotids, increasing the blood supply to the brain and creating a systemic parasympathetic system-mediated wholebody effect. The author has added gentle neck-stretching, trunk-stretching and his distal tissue softening approaches concomitant with the irradiation which enhance treatment efficacy.<br>Results: Real-time fine-plate thermography has revealed whole-body warming as a result of the PPLT, with applications including chronic pain attenuation, female infertility and functional training of paraplegic cerebral palsy patients. The warming effect had a latency from hours to days, increasing in intensity and latency with subsequent PPLT sessions. Both Doppler flowmetry and SPECT have shown increased cerebral and systemic blood flow following PPLT.<br>Conclusions: PPLT is easy to deliver and offers tangible results in a large range of conditions, enhancing the efficacy of diode laser LLLT.

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• レーザーセラピー

  レーザーセラピー 21 (4), 275-285, 2012

  国際光治療学会

キーワード

• Whole body warming
• parasympathetic system
• SPECT
• thermography
• Doppler flowmetry
• chronic pain
• female infertility

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390001204632183040
• NII論文ID: 130004553725
• DOI: 10.5978/islsm.12-or-16
• ISSN: 18847269
• ISSN: 08985901
• 本文言語コード: en
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