Therapeutic effect of forearm low level light treatment on blood flow, oxygenation, and oxygen consumption

Pengbo Wang; Jiajing Sun; Lingkang Meng; Zebin Li; Ting Li

doi:10.1117/12.2287750

8 February 2018 Therapeutic effect of forearm low level light treatment on blood flow, oxygenation, and oxygen consumption

Pengbo Wang, Jiajing Sun, Lingkang Meng, Zebin Li, Ting Li

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Proceedings Volume 10477, Mechanisms of Photobiomodulation Therapy XIII; 1047707 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287750
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Low level light/laser therapy (LLLT) is considered as a novel, non-invasive, and potential therapy in a variety of psychological and physical conditions, due to its effective intricate photobiomodulation. The mechanism of LLLT is that when cells are stimulated by photons, mitochondria produce a large quantity of ATP, which accelerates biochemical responses in the cell. It is of great significance to gain a clear insight into the change or interplay of various physiological parameters. In this study, we used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and venous-occlusion plethysmography to measure the LLLT-induced changes in blood flow, oxygenation, and oxygen consumption in human forearms in vivo. Six healthy human participants (4 males and 2 females) were administered with 810-nm light emitted by LED array in ten minutes and blood flow, oxygenation and oxygen consumption were detected in the entire experiment. We found that LLLT induced an increase of blood flow and oxygen consumption on the treated site. Meanwhile, LLLT took a good role in promoting oxygenation of regional tissue, which was indicated by a significant increase of oxygenated hemoglobin concentration (Δ[HbO2]), a nearly invariable deoxygenated hemoglobin concentration (Δ[Hb]) and a increase of differential hemoglobin concentration (Δ[HbD] = Δ[HbO2] - Δ[Hb]). These results not only demonstrate enormous potential of LLLT, but help to figure out mechanisms of photobiomodulation.

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Pengbo Wang, Jiajing Sun, Lingkang Meng, Zebin Li, and Ting Li "Therapeutic effect of forearm low level light treatment on blood flow, oxygenation, and oxygen consumption", Proc. SPIE 10477, Mechanisms of Photobiomodulation Therapy XIII, 1047707 (8 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287750

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