Deans' stroke musings: Application of photobiomodulation in post-stroke dysfunctions: a literature review of recent clinical studies

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Application of photobiomodulation in post-stroke dysfunctions: a literature review of recent clinical studies

You've known of this for over a decade and yet INCOMPETENTLY DIDN'T CREATE RECOVERY PROTOCOLS!

photobiomodulation (16 posts to September 2012)

Application of photobiomodulation in post-stroke dysfunctions: a literature review of recent clinical studies

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Chao Ren 1
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Xiaohong Chi 2*
Yuan Jiang 2*

1. Rehabilitation Medicine Center, The Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Longquanyi, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Clinical Medical College and The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Abstract

Stroke patients often experience varying degrees of dysfunctions after a stroke, including motor, cognitive, speech, and other functional impairments. These post-stroke dysfunctions seriously affect the daily life and quality of life of patients. For many years, researchers have devoted themselves to finding non-invasive treatment methods to improve these functional deficits and enhance patients’ quality of life. Photobiomodulation (PBM) is a non-invasive phototherapy, and can be an adjuvant therapy for various neurological disorders by promoting neurogenesis and eliciting anti-apoptotic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidative responses. Existing animal experimental evidence indicates that PBM may offer potential benefits for stroke patients. However, robust clinical evidence remains limited. Recent clinical studies provided new data supporting the efficacy of PBM in post-stroke dysfunctions, including motor, cognitive, and speech impairments. These studies used transcranial PBM (tPBM) for cognitive impairment and aphasia, or peripheral PBM directly to paretic limbs to yield positive outcomes for limb spasticity and pain. This mini-review summarizes key findings from these studies and discusses the associated challenges and prospects of PBM.