Korean Journal of Acupuncture

Society for Meridian and Acupoint (경락경혈학회)
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Review of Domestic Papers on Low level laser therapy -mainly focused on laser apparatus-

저출력(低出力)레이저 침 치료에 관한 국내(國內) 논문(論文) 분석(分析) -레이저 기기(器機) 중심(中心)-

  • Yi, Seung-Ho (Dept. of Acupuncture & Meridianology, Graduate School of East-West Science, Kyung Hee University,Dept. of Meridian & Acupoint, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Sung-Hun (Dept. of Acupuncture & Meridianology, Graduate School of East-West Science, Kyung Hee University,Dept. of Meridian & Acupoint, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University,) ;
  • Park, Hi-Joon (Dept. of Acupuncture & Meridianology, Graduate School of East-West Science, Kyung Hee University,Dept. of Meridian & Acupoint, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Soh, Kwang-Sup (Dept. of Biomedical Physics, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lim, Sa-Bi-Na (Dept. of Acupuncture & Meridianology, Graduate School of East-West Science, Kyung Hee University,Dept. of Meridian & Acupoint, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
  • 이승호 (경희대학교 동서의학연구소 경희비젼2000 통증및신경의학연구팀,경희대학교 한의학대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 이승헌 (경희대학교 동서의학연구소 경희비젼2000 통증및신경의학연구팀,경희대학교 한의학대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 박히준 (경희대학교 동서의학연구소 경희비젼2000 통증및신경의학연구팀,경희대학교 한의학대학 경혈학교실) ;
  • 소광섭 (서울대학교 자연대학 물리학부 한의물리연구실) ;
  • 임사비나 (경희대학교 동서의학연구소 경희비젼2000 통증및신경의학연구팀,경희대학교 한의학대학 경혈학교실)
  • Published : 2005.06.27
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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to review research papers on low level laser therapy (LLLT) and to improve the knowledge of LLLT field. Methods: For introduction, laser characteristics, including wavelength, medium, beam size, power, and unit power were explained. In order to understand LLLT, tissue optics and light-biomatter interaction were briefly mentioned. We reviewed 21 Korean papers on laser acupuncture and LLLT on the viewpoint of laser apparatus. Results and Conclusion: We found that the description of laser apparatus employed for LLLT experiments were not fully written. Laser wavelength and power which are the most crucial parameters, were omitted in several papers. No paper had information on beam size. In order to have high efficacy, laser should be used with proper laser parameters. Conditions of irradiation area or acupoints should be considered too. Some future technology on laser acupuncture were mentioned.

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