photobiomodulation

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noun medicine Any of several therapeutics techniques that employ low-level laser light to relieve pain or to heal wounds

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Modern photobiomodulation — the use of red and near-infrared light comprising wavelengths, from about 600 nanometers to 1,100 nanometers, to influence cellular processes — emerged in the 1960s after Hungarian scientists accidentally discovered that low-level red light stimulated hair growth in rodents.

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Low-level laser (or light) therapy (LLLT), also called phototherapy or photobiomodulation (PBM), refers to the use of photons to alter biological activity (Sawhney & Hamblin, 2016).

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