title: [Low reactive laser therapy].
abstract: The type, characteristics and effect of low reactive laser equipment used for pain treatment in Japan are described in this section. Currently, low reactive laser therapy equipments marketed and used in Japan include diode laser therapeutic device with semiconductor as a medium consisting of aluminum, gallium and arsenic. Low reactive laser equipment comes in three models, the first type has a capacity of generating 1,000 mW output, and the second type has a capacity of generating 10 W output. The third type has four channels of output, 60, 100, 140 and 180 mW and we can select one channel out of the four channels. This model is also used as a portable device because of its light weight, and we can carry it to wards and to the outside of the hospital. Semiconductor laser has the capacity of deepest penetration and the effect tends to increase proportionally to the increasing output. Low reactive laser therapy is less invasive and lower incidence of complications. Although low reactive laser therapy might be effective for various pain disorders, the effect is different depending on the type of pain. We should keep in mind that this therapy will not give good pain relief equally in all patients with pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Nihon University School of Medicine (Surugadai Nihon University Hospital), Tokyo.
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001775:Blood Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000628:therapy; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000295:instrumentation; D051381:Rats; D014945:Wound Healing