title: [Pathogenetic effects of low-intensity laser therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the impact of low-intensity laser therapy (LILT) on typical pathological processes of impairments in platelet aggregation and microcirculation (MC) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A photo optical aggregatometric method was used to investigate platelet aggregation function in patients with COPD and MC was estimated by laser Doppler flowmetry over time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were muitidirectional changes in platelet aggregation function with a predominance of hyperaggregation, as well as a significant improvement in aggregation indicators during LILT; the latter was shown to have a correcting impact on MC disorders in patients with COPD in the presence of the spastic and stagnant-stasic types of MC, which were prevalent in the majority of patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laser therapy used in the combination treatment of patients with COPD promotes correction of the typical pathological processes.
authors.affiliation: North Ossetian State Medical Academy, Ministry of Health of Russia, Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.
authors.forename: I Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Aksenova
authors.affiliation: North Ossetian State Medical Academy, Ministry of Health of Russia, Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Burduli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000502:physiology*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*