Veículo
BioOptics World (EUA)
Em 2020: 0 notícias
Desde 1995: 1 notícias
Laser, ultrasound combo for treating fibromyalgia yields 75% pain reduction
Publicado em 30 agosto 2018
Researchers at the Optics and Photonics Research Center (CEPOF; São Paulo, Brazil) have developed a device that combines low-intensity laser light and therapeutic ultrasound to reduce the pain experienced by patients with fibromyalgia, a chronic disease that involves widespread nonarticular high-intensity pain lasting longer than three months.
The research team has shown that application of the combination therapy device to the palms instead of to tender points on different parts of the body [...]