Effect of low-power gallium-aluminum-arsenium laser therapy (830 nm) in combination with bisphosphonate treatment on osteopenic bone structure: an experimental animal study

• Published in: Lasers in medical science Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 347 - 352
• Main Authors: Diniz, Júlia S., Nicolau, Renata Amadei, de Melo Ocarino, Natália, do Carmo Magalhães, Fernanda, de Oliveira Pereira, Renato Dornas, Serakides, Rogéria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 01.05.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alendronate - therapeutic use; Animals; Biocompatibility; Biomedical materials; Bone density; Bone Density Conservation Agents - therapeutic use; Bone Diseases, Metabolic - drug therapy; Bone Diseases, Metabolic - etiology; Bone Diseases, Metabolic - pathology; Bone Diseases, Metabolic - radiotherapy; Bones; Clinical outcomes; Combined Modality Therapy; Dentistry; Disease Models, Animal; Drug therapy; Female; Lasers; Lasers, Semiconductor - therapeutic use; Low-Level Light Therapy - methods; Medical science; Medical services; Medical treatment; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Optical Devices; Optics; Original Article; Osteoporosis; Ovariectomy; Photonics; Quantum Optics; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Rodents; Spine - drug effects; Spine - pathology; Spine - radiation effects; Therapy; Bisphosphonate; Low level laser therapy; Rat; Histomorphometry; Osteopenia

Laser therapy is able to modulate cell metabolism and accelerate the repair of fracture. Little attention has been given to the effect of laser on bone with osteopenia or osteoporosis. The purpose of our study was to verify the effect of laser therapy in combination with bisphosphonate on osteopenic...