Abstract

The first clinical uses of fiber-optic laser acupuncture (LAP) for cancer pain relief,¹ to reduce cigarette smoking, and to promote nicotine abstinence² were performed at our Institute. These were preceded by an animal experiment series in 1979 for studying the anticanoerogenic action of low-energy He–Ne laser radiation as well as the fiber-optic LAP influence on the tumor metastasizing process. In this study pain therapy in osteoarthrosis patients was performed by a medical fiber-optic laser ultrasonic acupuncture system (MFLUAS) that we designed and illustrated in Fig. 1.

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