Accession Number:
AD1004084
Title:
Low Level Laser Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report,15 Sep 2014,14 Sep 2015
Corporate Author:
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston United States
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2015-10-01
Pagination or Media Count:
13.0
Abstract:
Traumatic Brain Injury or TBIs are common across both military and civilian populations. In the US, the CDC reports an annual TBI incidence of 1.7 million, with 580,000 TBI-associated deaths in the decade 1997-2007. Low-level laser therapy LLLT is unique among the many therapies tested clinically for TBI. Its mechanism of action is biostimulation by near-infraredNIR light. In the proposed work, through both clinical and preclinical investigations, we plan to further investigate the safety and utility of LLLT for acute TBI.