Annual Conference Photobiomodulation 2013 Pre-Conference Courses: April 3-4, 2013 Annual Conference: April 5-7, 2013 Session Sheraton Boston Hotel/Hynes Convention Center Saturday, April 6, 2013 Photobiomodulation – Hynes 208 Boston, Massachusetts 3:30 pm – 5:45 pm Section Chairs: Juanita J. Anders, Ph.D., Maria Cristina Chavantes, M.D., Ph.D., Michael R. Hamblin, Ph.D. PHOTOBIOMODULATION: BASIC SCIENCE, PRE-CLINICAL, AND CLINICAL STUDIES 3:30 pm – 3:39 pm 163 LASER THERAPY OF TRAUMATIC CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURIES Leonardo Longo, Marco Postiglione, Stamatina Lekka, Institute Laser Medicine of Florence, Firenze, Italy Discussion 164 LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY TO REDUCE COMORBIDITY IN SPINE SURGERY: PILOT STUDY Vanessa Holanda, Jean de Oliveira, Carlos Vanderlei Holanda, Benedito Pereira, Carlos Ribeiro, Daniela Fatima Teixeira Silva, Cristiane França, Nathali Pinto, Luis Martins, Maria Cristina Chavantes, Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery Associates - CENNA, Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, Nove de Julho University – UNINOVE, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil Discussion 165 LOW LEVEL LASER / LIGHT THERAPY DIRECT AND INDIRECT TARGETS James Carroll, Thor Lasers, Chesham, United Kingdom Discussion 166 ANALYSIS OF OPTICAL DOSIMETRY IN RAT-TAIL MAY CORROBORATE TRANSCUTANEOUS LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY IN BLOOD RESPONSE Marcelo Sousa, Nathali Pinto, Elisabeth Yoshimura, Marina Canal, Leticia Nakata, Mara Pereira, Luis Martins, Maria Cristina Chavantes, Physics Institute of São Paulo University, Heart Institute - InCor – Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo, Medicine of Nove de Julho University – UNINOVE, São Paulo, Brazil Discussion 167 ANALYSIS OF THE LINEAR DEPENDENCE BETWEEN WEIGHT AND CIRCUMFERENCE CHANGE FOR LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY AT 635nm Ryan Maloney*, Steven Shanks*, Phoenix, AZ, McKinney, TX Discussion 168 LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY IN THE ACUTE WOUNDS POST CARDIAC SURGERY AND ITS RELATION WITH HEMOSTATICS MECHANISMS Ivany M.C. Baptista, Marcia Carneiro Valera, Maria Cristina Chavantes, Nathali Pinto, Mara Helena Corso Pereira, State University Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” – UNESP, Medical Laser Center HC/FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil Discussion 3:40 pm – 3:44 pm 3:45 pm – 3:54 pm 3:55 pm – 3:59 pm 4:00 pm – 4:09 pm 4:10 pm – 4:14 pm 4:15 pm – 4:24 pm 4:25 pm – 4:29 pm 4:30 pm – 4:39 pm 4:40 pm – 4:44 pm 4:45 pm – 4:54 pm 4:55 pm – 4:59 pm *Proprietary disclosure listed in back of program. 85 Annual Conference Photobiomodulation 2013 Pre-Conference Courses: April 3-4, 2013 Annual Conference: April 5-7, 2013 Session Sheraton Boston Hotel/Hynes Convention Center Saturday, April 6, 2013 Photobiomodulation (continued) – Hynes 208 5:00 pm – 5:09 pm 169 5:10 pm – 5:14 pm 5:15 pm – 5:24 pm 5:25 pm – 5:29 pm 5:30 pm – 5:39 pm 5:40 pm – 5:45 pm Boston, Massachusetts 3:30 pm – 5:45 pm STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY ON THE MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY VENTILATON IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS Nelson Francisco Serrão Junior, Aline Roberta Danaga, Nicole Cristine Rigonato Oliveira, Faculdade Sudoeste Paulista – FSP, Nove de Julho University – UNINOVE, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil Discussion 170 LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY IN SKIN REACTIONS POST RADIOTHERAPY Alan Roma, Nathali Pinto*, Suely Tomimura, Mara Pereira, Gabriela De Carvalho Focante, Leticia Simon Nakata, Maria Cristina Chavantes, Nove de Julho University – UNINOVE, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Discussion THE COMBINATION OF TRANSDERMAL AND INTRAVENOUS LOW LEVEL LIGHT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CHALLENGING CHRONIC PAIN PATIENT Eva C. Dickinson, Salaheldin Halasa, Compassionate Pain Management, LLC, Dover, DE Discussion *Proprietary disclosure listed in back of program. 86