results there was a real faster response in the first group; while groups 3 and 4 had the slowest responses to treatment. rates of responsiveness seemed to have no significant difference between the groups, but side effects were significantly much frequent in the first group. conclusions intralesional triamcinolone acetonide with cryotherapy showed the most efficacies with more adverse effects,...

A randomized controlled study investigated the effects of ultrasound and laser treatments on wound healing in rats. The duration of the inflammatory phase decreased with both laser and ultrasound treatments; however, laser was more effective than ultrasound, with more significant results. The proliferation phase showed, for both treatments, an increase in the level of hydroxyproline and the num...

conclusions some of the noninvasive body contouring devices in animal and human studies such as cryolipolysis, rf, lllt and hifu showed statistical significant effects on body contouring, removing unwanted fat and cellulite in some body areas. however, the clinical effects are mild to moderate, for example 2 - 4 cm circumference reduction as a sign of subcutaneous fat reduction during total tre...

In this article, we propose a statistical method to evaluate directed interactions of functional magnetic-resonance imaging (fMRI) data. The multivariate autoregressive (MAR) model was combined with the relative power contribution (RPC) in this analysis. The MAR model was fitted to the data to specify the direction of connections, and the RPC quantifies the strength of connections. As the RPC i...

Background: Skin cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer and melanoma is the deadliest kind of skin cancer in the world. Due to enhanced induction of apoptosis and ROS levels, low-level lasers can be utilized to destroy skin cancer cells. Lasers are used to treat some skin lesions. Vitamin A is beneficial in the prevention and treatment of skin cancer. Vitamin A inhibits the pathway of canc...

Background: Exposure to ionizing radiation is inevitable. Using of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) stimulates tissue repair and reduces inflammation. The objective of the present study aimed at evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of Helium-Neon (He-Ne) laser in stimulating the reparative processes in the liver of mice after whole body gamma-irradiation (WBγ-I). Materials and Methods: Two hundred...

The key role of chemokine receptor CXCR4 in the maintenance of stemness property of stem cells has been shown recently. The low level laser irradiation (LLLI) is being used currently in a wide variety of clinical cases as a therapeutic tool for wound healing, relieving pain and destroying tumor cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of LLLI mimicking low level laser therapy (LL...

background and objective: ankle sprain is the most common injuries of ankle joint that 22% of sport injuries is related to ankle sprain.the aim of this study is to compare the effect of 1% hydrocortisone phonophoresis (1% hcp) with low level laser therapy (lllt) on treatment of 2nd degree ankle sprain. materials and methods: this double-blinded clinical trial was performed in fattemieh physioth...