Abstract
Background: Contrary to the most credited theories on laser therapy that see power/energy as the major factors to its effectiveness, a technique using an extremely low power/energy laser stimulation to treat musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction is proposed. The stimulus consists of a 20 s train of modulated pulses with an average power below 0.02 mW and is applied on sequences of acupuncture points selected according to the impaired segment of the patient’s body. Methods: Modifications on the extracellular soft tissue matrix and on the “fascia” were sonographically demonstrated. Laboratory and clinical tests confirmed the effectiveness. Results: Responses similar to those experienced in acupuncture were observed. The device—a CE Class IIa certified medical device named Libralux—affords a clinically proven effectiveness exceeding 80% in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions and associated motor dysfunctions. An average of just three application sessions was generally sufficient to overcome the dysfunction. Conclusions: The development of the method is supported by over 20 years of R&D activities, with a range of experiments discussed in several papers published in indexed peer-reviewed journals. A few considerations regarding the possible physiological action mechanisms involved are proposed in this paper.
Highlights
Current knowledge [1] regarding medical lasers is converging on the idea that power and energy doses are crucial to achieve the specific healing effect [2]
The Libralux output is at a much lower power/energy, well under any known limit [4], because it was created on different criteria that will be detailed in the following paragraph
The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the available evidence to suggest a possible physiological action mechanism
Summary
Current knowledge [1] regarding medical lasers is converging on the idea that power and energy doses are crucial to achieve the specific healing effect [2]. The Libralux output is at a much lower power/energy, well under any known limit [4] (see the Libralux energy plotted on the graph of Figure 1), because it was created on different criteria that will be detailed in the following paragraph. Despite such a tiny stimulation energy, when applied on distal acupuncture points (APs), there is rather sound evidence of its effectiveness. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the available evidence to suggest a possible physiological action mechanism
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