Cold Laser Treatment

Knee Pain & Laser Therapy

1. Patients undergoing laser therapy show significant decreases in pain intensity at rest and with movement and improved knee function and ability to walk when compared to a placebo group.[1]
2. Patients treated with laser therapy showed significant improvements in pain, range of motion, functionality and movement when compared to placebo.[2]
3. Low level laser therapy reduces pain in knee osteoarthritis and improves microcirculation[3]
4. “Significant improvement in pain relief and quality of life in 70% of patients.”[4]
5. “82% reported significant removal of pain and recovery of joint mobility. Cold laser therapy is concluded to be a safe, effective and non-invasive alternative to conventional surgical and medical treatment modalities for patients.”[5]
6. Cold laser therapy has the capacity to regenerate tissues, including cartilage.[6]
7. Laser therapy “promoted restoration of function, relieved pain and limited complications of rheumatoid arthritis” when compared to NSAIDS and placebo.[7]
8. “Cold laser therapy is effective in relieving pain and disability in degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee.”[8]
9. “The unequivocal scientific findings so far, has earned cold laser therapy a top spot in levels of evidence and treatment recommendations for knee osteoarthritis”[9]
10. Laser therapy is safe.

[1] Alghadir A et al. Lasers Med Sci. “Effect of low level laser therapy in patients with chronic knee osteoarthritis: a single blinded randomized clinical study.” 2013 Aug 3.

[2] Alfredo PP et al.  Clin Rehab. “Efficacy of low level laser therapy associated with exercises in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized double-blind study.”  2012 Jun; 26(6):523-33.

[3] Hegedus B et al.  Photomed Laser Surg.  “The effect of low level laser in knee osteoarthritis: a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.”  2009 Aug; 27(4):577-84.

[4] Basirnia A et al.  Radiol Med.  “The effect of low power laser therapy on osteoarthritis of the knee.”  1998 April; 95(4):303-9.

[5] Trelles MA et al.  Laser Therapy.  “Positive outcomes for infrared diode laser in low reactive level laser therapy for knee osteoarthritis.”  1991:3(4):149-153.

[6] Lievens, P et al.  Laser in Medical Science.  “The influence of low level infra red laser on the regeneration of cartilage tissue.”  2002:17(4)

[7] Ailioaie C et al.  Laser Therapy.  “Beneficial effects of laser therapy in the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis onset.”  1991; 11(2):9-87.

[8] Stelian J et al.  Journal of the American Geriatric Society.  “Improvement of pain and disability in elderly patients with degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee treated with low power light therapy.”  1992 Jan; 40(1);23-26.

[9] Norwegian Health Technology Assessment Report.  Norwegian Drug Agency.

Patients get Immediate Results after just 1 Treatment!! And this is after YEARS of Chronic Pain!