Improvements in clinical signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease using photobiomodulation: a five-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by clinical motor signs and non-motor symptoms that severely impact quality of life. There is an urgent need for therapies that might slow, halt or even reverse the progression of existing symptoms or delay the onset of new symptoms. Photobiomodulation is a therapy that has shown potential to alleviate some symptoms of Parkinson's disease in animal studies and in small clinical trials.

Objective

To assess long-term effectiveness of photobiomodulation therapy in a cohort of Parkinson's disease individuals after five years of continuing therapy.

Methods

Eight participants of the initial 12 in a previously published study agreed to be reassessed after five years. Seven of these partic

SUBMITTER: Liebert A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463085 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature