Cold Laser Therapy Treatment Report

Category: Procedures

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What is Cold Laser Therapy?

An example of Cold Laser Therapy

The term cold laser refers to the use of low-intensity or low levels of laser light. Proponents claim that cold laser therapy can reduce pain and inflammation. Cold laser treatment is thought to help some types of pain, inflammation, and wound healing, although the FDA considers it experimental.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fibromyalgia 2 1 Efficacy_major
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 1 1 Efficacy_none
Tremor(s) 1 0
Pain 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 1 0
Male Pattern Baldness 1 1 Efficacy_slight

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
0
None
4

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cold Laser Therapy

Always
2 50%
Usually
2 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cold Laser Therapy

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 25%
A little
1 25%
Not at all
2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cold Laser Therapy

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 100%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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1 patient evaluation for Cold Laser Therapy

Purposes: Pain in hips, Bursitis, and Pain (Started Oct 06, 2011)
Date Dosage Pain in hips Perceived effectiveness Bursitis Perceived effectiveness Pain Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jan 15, 2012 Weekly Led_efficacy_1Led_defaultLed_defaultLed_default ? ? NoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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3 additional evaluations for Cold Laser Therapy are not currently shared publicly.

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