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Comparative study of using high power and low power lasertherapy for tinnitus.
Farská, Tereza ; Malá, Jitka (advisor) ; Vláčilová, Ivana (referee)
Title: Comparative study of high-power and low-power laser therapy in the treatment of tinnitus Objectives: To determine the efficacy of high-power and low-power laser therapy in reducing the loudness of chronic tinnitus and improving the quality of life in patients suffering from chronic tinnitus. Additionally, to compare the effects of both types of lasers. Methods: A total of 18 subjects were included in the experiment, who underwent an otorhinolaryngological, neurological, and kinesiological examination by a physiotherapist. The TSCHQ questionnaire was used to collect data, including the scaling of tinnitus loudness. Quality of life was assessed using the THI questionnaire. To determine the effect, data obtained from the questionnaires before and after intervention were compared. Descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests were used for statistical analysis. The homogeneity of groups was compared using the Mann-Whitney test, the Wilcoxon test was used to compare the effect of the laser within one group. The Chi-square test was used to evaluate qualitative data. The level of significance was set at 5 % (α = 0.05). Results: It was found that HILT had a statistically significant positive effect on reducing the intensity of chronic tinnitus, while LLLT did not. Therefore, high-power laser is...
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Use of lasers in physiotherapy. Subtitle: Focused on laser acupuncture on musculoligament complex disorders
Šimková, Jana ; Jeníček, Jakub (advisor) ; Novotná, Marie (referee)
Name: Jana Šimková Supervizor: Mgr. Jakub Jeníček Oponent: Title of bachelor thesis: Use of Lasers in Physiotherapy Subtitle: Focused on Laser Acupuncture on Musculoligament Complex Disorders Abstract: This bachelor thesis is about the use of lasers in physiotherapy, focused on laser acupuncture on musculoligament complex disorders. The aim of this work was to find and process information from available sources of Czech and foreign literature in the form of systematic research. The thesis is divided into four main chapters. The first chapter is devoted to essential information about lasers, mechanism of laser-tissue interactions, suitable indications, and contraindications. The second chapter focuses on acupuncture, a brief description of the basic principles and techniques of execution. The third chapter introduces the readers to the use of low-level laser within the relatively young laser acupuncture method, clarifies its therapeutic effectiveness and usability in the field of rehabilitation care. The fourth chapter is a systematic review of clinical trials and studies that assess the effectiveness of both laser therapy in general and the acupuncture point irradiation using laser acupuncture. The discussion of the work summarizes the results of selected studies where laser therapy proved to be the most...
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The use of the terapeutic laser in medicine
VESELÝ, Jan
Modern diagnostics and therapy is nowadays very strongly influenced by technological developments. New discoveries in physics, electronics and other fields lead to search for applications in the medical field. Laser is no exception. It is one of the most important technological discoveries of the late 20th century. A lot of targeted researches and multiple observations demonstrated beneficial effects of the laser radiation on living tissue. Laser was also confirmed to be used in medicine. Recently, laser therapy has been more and more popular. Lasers have found their place and application in almost all areas of medicine, both in treatment and also in research; it has been constantly developing dynamically. Laser Therapy (LLLT) is a branch of phototherapy, which uses light (laser or non-coherent monochromatic beam) for treatment of various diseases. Laser means light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. This method of treatment is special as it does not lead to serious side effects and treatment does not take so much time to show effectiveness. Laser therapy is very far from practical use of surgical lasers. Laser Therapy (LLLT) is something different containing a lot of scientific utilization characteristics of the laser beam; it uses different colours of the beam to achieve the desired effect for treatment of a particular disease, the correct dosage etc. Surgery uses surgical properties of lasers. These include e.g. surgical knife cutting or tissue welding. Laser therapy possibilities, however, go much further. In this therapy laser is not a mere tool, but a medicine in itself. The power of the therapeutic laser power can be thousands of times smaller and weaker than the power of the surgical one. Many patients still assume that laser therapy consists in the use of surgical lasers, which is, however, not correct. Laser therapy uses non-surgical lasers, which neither cut nor burn. Application of therapeutic laser produces the desired effect in the patient's body by means of the way of cell changes in all cells that are exposed to the beam. It causes increased protein synthesis, immunocorrection, increased ATP production, increased enzymatic activity and circulation, and collagen synthesis. Lasers also regulate lipid metabolism, normalize blood pressure, reduce swelling and inflammation, and reduce pain. Furthermore, leasers have an anti-inflammatory effect, they cause increased cell division and increase immunity against diseases. Lasers have stimulatory, and generally rejuvenilizing and generally healing effects, but when adjusting their dosage they are inhibitory. Thus, using the therapeutic laser brings effective treatment, even if allopathic approach calls many of them incurable.
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