[Low intensity laser irradiation in therapy of elderly patients with occlusive artery diseases]. / Nizkointensivnoe lazernoe izluchenie pri lechenii okkliuzionnykh zabolevanii arterii u liudei starshykh vozrastnykh grupp.

Shown in the paper is a novel complex approach to the treatment of occlusion affections of arteries by He-Ne and infrared laseropuncture. As many as 80 patients having a history of the above health problem 5 years in duration were kept under medical supervision. Patient age ranged between 50 to 78 years. Laseropuncture was carried out with the aid of the infrared laser stimulator [symbol: see text]-001 (wavelenth 0.89 mm with continuous-wave pulse operation, pulse power 8 W) and 111 He-Ne laser (wavelength 0.63 mm, power density 5 mW/cm2, spot diameter 25 mm). 88.2 percent of patients derived apparent therapeutic benefit, 11.8 percent demonstrating a satisfactory clinical effect.

Pulsed magnetotherapy in Czechoslovakia--a review.

Pulsed magnetotherapy has been used in Czechoslovakia for more than one decade. It has been proved that this type of physical therapy is very efficient mainly in rheumatic diseases, in paediatrics (sinusitis, enuresis), and in balneological care of patients suffering from ischaemic disorders of lower extremities. Promising results have also been obtained in neurological diseases (multiple sclerosis, spastic conditions) and in ophthalmology, in degenerative diseases of the retina.