Effects of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Autism Spectrum Disorder
| Autor: | Gerry Leisman, Calixto Machado, Yanín Machado, Mauricio Chinchilla-Acosta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Irritability Placebo medicine.disease Checklist Test (assessment) Clinical trial 03 medical and health sciences Lethargy 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Autism spectrum disorder medicine Physical therapy medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Low level laser therapy |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ISBN: 9783030048365 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/5584_2018_234 |
| Popis: | The study examined the efficacy of low-level laser therapy, a form of photobiomodulation, for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic spectrum disorder in children and adolescents aged 5–17 years. Twenty-one of the 40 participants received eight 5-min procedures administered to the base of the skull and temporal areas across a 4-week period (test, i.e., active treatment participants). All the participants were evaluated with the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC), with the global scale and five subscales (irritability/agitation, lethargy/social withdrawal, stereotypic behavior, hyperactivity/noncompliance, and inappropriate speech), and the Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) Scale including a severity-of-illness scale (CGI-S) and a global improvement/change scale (CGI-C). The evaluation took place at baseline, week 2 (interim), week 4 (endpoint), and week 8 (post-procedure) of the study. The adjusted mean difference in the baseline to study endpoint change in the ABC irritability subscale score between test and placebo participants was −15.17 in favor of the test procedure group. ANCOVA analysis found this difference to be statistically significant (F = 99.34, p < 0.0001) compared to the baseline ABC irritability subscale score. The study found that low-level laser therapy could be an effective tool for reducing irritability and other symptoms and behaviors associated with the autistic spectrum disorder in children and adolescents, with positive changes maintained and augmented over time. |
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