Study for Cold Laser Neck Pain Therapy

December 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is great news for all those out there suffering from chronic or recurring neck pain. Cold laser neck pain study chart

Top Pain Journal Publishes Laser Neck Pain Study

The effect of 300MW, 830NM laser on chronic neck pain: a double- blind, randomized, placebo-controlled studyChow RT et al. Pain. 2006 Jun 23A randomized, placebo controlled study on chronic neck pain with laser therapy. 90 patients with chronic neck pain for at least 3 months up to 15 years (mean duration 11 years) were given 14 treatments with laser over 7 weeks.

At 1 month after treatment, 82% of patients in the active group achieved a positive response vs only 29% in the placebo group.Apart from the unequivocal results in favour of laser in this study, two other facts make this an a notable piece of research:

1. It was published in the journal Pain which is officially ranked number 1 for impact factor in anaesthesia

2. There are no pharmaceutical analgesics licensed for the treatment of chronic neck pain

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