TY  - JOUR
AU  - Litscher, Gerhard
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/07
TI  - Can Laser Medicine and Laser Acupuncture be used for COVID-19? Selected Areas of the Current Scientific Literature
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 026
VL  - 05
IS  - 02
AB  - The present moment lacks any reliable vaccine or treatment for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the resultant disease COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease-2019). Laser medicine like photobiomodulation (PBM) or photodynamic therapy (PDT), and laser acupuncture may possess some potential to interact and relieve the symptoms of this disease. PubMed lists only two results for the search term ‘PBM or PDT and COVID-19’, indicating the paucity of validated scientific clinical studies on the subject. On the contrary, it does not mean that the laser does not have any effect on COVID-19. The development of therapeutic procedures will continue to play a major role in COVID-19 in the future.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2002026
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.2002026
ID  - Litscher2020
ER  -