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Light, Heat & Devices
7 entriesEnergy applied to the joint from outside the body — red and near-infrared light, whole-body heat, and the clinic devices that deliver sound, shock waves or current. What reaches the tissue, and what was measured when it got there.
Red & near-infrared light
- Lasers and LEDs for knee osteoarthritisFifty-nine human trials, sorted by the device that delivered the lightPromising
- What light does to cartilageChondrocytes, matrix genes and OARSI scores under red and near-infrared lightPreclinical
- Does the light reach the cartilage?Wavelength, dose and depth — what gets from the emitter to the jointPreclinical
Passive heat
Sound, shock waves & current
- Therapeutic ultrasound for the kneeSound driven into the joint through the skin, in continuous, pulsed and low-intensity formsPreclinical
- Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the kneeFocused high-amplitude pressure pulses fired through the skin into the jointPromising
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation and the kneeCurrent through skin electrodes that makes the quadriceps contract, tested for two different jobsNot supported