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resulted in having a significant effect on pain and swelling, and the effect was usually a decrease in both of those. I wanted to do specific research that focused on those two aspects of acute lower extremity sprains and strains in collegiate athletes. Several researchers have used superficial wounds to assess the supposed effects of LT on healing. Some have used clinical wounds or ulcers of various sizes and depths, and others have developed superficial wound models in animals. When analyzing healing among wounds, it would be beneficial if the wounds were as alike as possible; therefore, the differences in healing could be attributed to the treatment and not to other factors (Hopkins, 2004). This is the main reason why I focused my study on sprains and strains. They are similar injuries and have similar healing that must occur. There are three phases to the healing process: inflammatory response, fibroblastic repair phase, and maturation-remodeling phase. The inflammatory response phase begins immediately following an injury and is considered the most important phase in injury healing. During the inflammatory phase many physiological effects happen. Without those effects further healing cannot occur. When the injury occurs cells are damaged and leave a large clean up behind. Phagocytic cells come in and clean up the mess that was created by the injury. Cells that are injured release chemicals that aid the healing process. Symptomatically this phase can be characterized by redness, swelling, tenderness, fever (increased temperature), and loss of function. This phase typically lasts for two to four days after the initial injury (Prentice, 2005). The fibroblastic repair phase is the second phase of injury healing. During this phase of healing the cells are rapidly rebuilding and are regenerating which leads to scar formation and repair of the injured tissue. The period of scar formation, or fibroplasia, starts within the first couple hours 13PDF Image | Light Therapy on Pain and Swelling vs Collegiate Athletes
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