title: [Phototherapy in rehabilitation medicine].
abstract: Rehabilitation can be classified into four types: medical, vocational, educational, and social rehabilitation. The goal of medical rehabilitation is to maintain and improve a patient's physical and mental capabilities. Phototherapy is an important means of treatment in rehabilitation medicine and is usually performed with ultraviolet, infrared, or laser light. Among them, laser light has been shown to have various biological effects, such as increasing blood flow, promoting wound healing, reducing inflammation, and improving immune function. Laser therapy is as important a treatment option as exercise therapy in rehabilitation medicine, and is considered to be worth evaluating as a therapeutic means to relieve pain in musculoskeletal disorders, promote healing in peripheral neuropathy, and alleviate muscle spasticity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okuni
mesh_terms: D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care; D013035:Spasm / Q000534:rehabilitation*