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Original Research

Effects of a single treatment with two nonthermal laser wavelengths on chronic neck and shoulder pain

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Pages 319-325 | Published online: 30 Aug 2019

Figures & data

Table 1 Prescription and over-the-counter analgesics

Figure 1 Change in VAS pain scores following treatment. Following treatment with 635 nm red- and 405 nm violet-emitting diodes, the neck and shoulder VAS scores decreased from 65.0 to 35 (p<0.0001), a decrease of 29.8 points vs a decrease of 29.0 points for the 635 nm red diode alone.

Figure 1 Change in VAS pain scores following treatment. Following treatment with 635 nm red- and 405 nm violet-emitting diodes, the neck and shoulder VAS scores decreased from 65.0 to 35 (p<0.0001), a decrease of 29.8 points vs a decrease of 29.0 points for the 635 nm red diode alone.

Table 2 Change is visual analog pain scores

Table 3 Change in range of motion

Table 4 Clinical outcomes of violet and red lasers versus red laser only

Table 5 Subject post-treatment satisfaction