title: A new treatment protocol using photobiomodulation and muscle/bone/joint recovery techniques having a dramatic effect on a stroke patient's recovery: a new weapon for clinicians.
abstract: The subject of this case study is a 29-year-old woman who suffered a brainstem stroke. She remained severely dizzy, had a non-functional left hand secondary to weakness, severe spasticity in the right hand, a right lateral sixth nerve palsy and was unable to ambulate on presentation. The stroke occurred 2 years before presentation. The subject had been treated for 21 months at two different stroke rehabilitation centres before presentation. Our stroke protocol includes photobiomodulation administered with the XR3T-1 device and 'muscle/bone/joint/soft tissue' recovery techniques. The patient was seen once a week for 8 weeks and treatment sessions lasted approximately 60 min. The results were dramatic: after 8 weeks of implementation of our protocol, the patient demonstrated positive change in every area of her deficits as determined by improvements in physical examination findings. The gains achieved at 8 weeks have been maintained to this day and she continues to be treated once every 4 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Easton Hospital, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. ab@boonswang.com
authors.forename: N Ab
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Boonswang
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chicchi
authors.forename: Adele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lukachek
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Curtiss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations / Q000379:methods*; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome