Therapeutic antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of laser acupuncture on patients with rheumatoid arthritis

• Published in: Lasers in surgery and medicine Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 490 - 497
• Main Authors: Attia, Atef M. M., Ibrahim, Fatma A. A., Abd El-Latif, Noha A., Aziz, Samir W., Elwan, Azhar M., Abdel Aziz, Abdel Aziz A., Elgendy, Aliaa, Elgengehy, Fatema T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Acupuncture Therapy - methods; Adult; antioxidants; Antioxidants - metabolism; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - blood; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnosis; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - therapy; ATP; Biomarkers - blood; Case-Control Studies; disease activity; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Humans; inflammation; laser acupuncture; Lasers, Semiconductor - therapeutic use; Low-Level Light Therapy - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Oxidative Stress; rheumatoid arthritis; Spectrophotometry; Treatment Outcome; laser acupuncture; antioxidants; inflammation; disease activity; ATP; rheumatoid arthritis; oxidative stress

Background and Objective The laser acupuncture has many potential therapeutic effects. Currently, they are not evaluated for their therapeutic effects on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of laser acupuncture on the oxidative and antioxidative m...