Laser Therapy
I have tried to update these pages, and there is some more work to do yet, but in the meantime, there are some useful links on this page and a link to my own laser pages (as far as I have got to date).
I would hope to expand on this data as soon as I can, but there is a LONG list of jobs to do, and not enough time to do it all straight away I am afraid
Keep watching these pages, and you never know, some new stuff might get here soon!
Laser Therapy - Summary Pages (Tim Watson)
LINKS :
World Association for Laser Therapy (WALT)
This is an important and very informative site wih links to many other laser sites of significance. The site includes :
WALT Laser Therapy - Recommended Doses
Useful section of the WALT site where 2005 dose recommendations are summarised
Laser World
The Swedish Medical Laser Society site - loads of links to the literature, current research, news and associated items of interest
Professor Tiina I. Karu
Professor Karu has been publishing laser research material and excellent (if a bit tricky in places) texts for 20 years. Useful resource site for her current cork and biography / publications
Internet Photochemistry and Photobiology
The site aims to promote the use of the internet in the communication of research and education in all areas of Photochemistry and Photobiology.
ASLMS : American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery
This website may have a surgical / medical emphasis, but worth exploring none the less
Australian Medical Laser Association
The Australian Medical Laser Association's primary responsibility is to promote and facilitate the advancement of laser medicine, photobiomodulation, and allied sciences in Australia.
Photochemistry & Photobiology
Published by the American Society for Photobiology - open access (you may not get access to the pdf but you can search the current and archive issues)
The Photomedicine Society
The Photomedicine Society was established in 1992 to promote a greater understanding of the scientific and medical aspects of light in health and disease.
European Society for Photobiology
The primary aims of the Society are to co-ordinate and promote all aspects of photobiology in Europe in a way which will optimise the achievements of European photobiology across a range of scientific, technological and medical arenas
Books :
Therapeutic Lasers: Theory and Practice : G D Baxter : Churchill Livingstone : 1994
Although I think that the UK edition is currently out of print, this is still a great text (if you can get hold of a copy). There is an American edition out at the moment, and a quick search around on Amazon should find you a new or used copy.
Laser Therapy - Clinical Practice and Scientific Background : Jan Tuner and Lars Hode : Prima Books : 2002
This is a great (but somewhat expensive) text covering many aspects of laser therapy and a whole load of references (something like 1400). It too is out of print (I think) at the moment, but there are copies around if you go a searching
The Laser Therapy Handbook : Jan Tuner and Lars Hode : Prima Books : 2004
A smaller, much less expensive, but still very useful laser therapy text - looks like a black/white paperback edition of the main book (above). It IS still available
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