title: The biomedical effects of laser application.
abstract: This paper briefly reviews the authors' experimental and clinical use of lasers over a 20-year period, during which laser effects on 15 biological systems were studied. Low-energy laser radiation was found to have a stimulating effect on cells, and high-energy radiation had an inhibiting effect. The application of lasers to stimulate wound healing in cases of nonhealing ulcers is recommended.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002477:Cells / Q000528:radiation effects; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007834:Lasers; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000528:radiation effects; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000528:radiation effects*