TITLE:
Treatment Efficacy of Photobiomodulation for Moderate and Advanced Dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease: Case Studies
AUTHORS:
William Stephan, Louis J. Banas, Michael R. Hamblin
KEYWORDS:
Photobiomodulation, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Super-Pulsed Laser, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Laser Diode, LED’s, Continuous Wave
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Alzheimer's Disease,
Vol.11 No.4,
December
12,
2022
ABSTRACT: Extensive research is ongoing in the use of Photobiomodulation (PBM, often referred to as low-level or cold laser therapy) to treat Alzheimer’s disease as well as other debilitating diseases. The following case studies further confirm that PBM could be a breakthrough approach to limit the progression of insidious diseases. We present four cases, two with mild to moderate dementia and two with more advanced symptoms. Several publications have shown beneficial results, however, several weeks of daily treatments were necessary. The cases described here suggest that moderate and advanced dementia cases can be significantly improved with three or four eight-minute treatments over a 5 - 7-day period when using super-pulsing technology on Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule (Figure 1). Gives a brief visual explanation of super-pulsing versus continuous wave technology.