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military use of near-IR light to treat U.S. troops exposed to chemical and radioactive warfare agents in the field. These examples illustrate the many possible military uses for this technology. These life-saving applications require especially accelerated wound healing, rapid reduction of infections and pain modulation. Regeneration of muscles in amphibians has also been produced by near-IR therapy. The potential for regeneration of human tissue also deserves study. Lasers have some inherent characteristics, which make their use in a clinical setting problematic, including heat, limitations in wavelength capabilities and beam width. The combined wavelengths of the light for optimal wound healing cannot be efficiently pro- duced. The size of wounds which may be treated is limited (due to laser production of a narrow beam of light; a fact inconsistent with treating large areas), heat production from the laser light itself can actually damage tissue, and the pin-point beam of laser light can damage the eye. NASA-developed LEDs offer an effective alternative to la- sers. NASA’s interest is dependent on chronic care due to tissue breakdown in micro- gravity for spaceflight. Military research with these LEDs, in contrast, will be directed to new LED technology aimed at rapid battlefield wound repair. These diodes can be con- figured to produce multiple wavelengths, can be arranged in large, flat arrays (allowing treatment of large wounds), and produce no heat. It is also important to note that LED light therapy has been deemed to be a non-significant risk by the FDA. Figure 2: Cumulative results of data from 11 patients (SEALS) showing improvement in range of motion, pain, and girth reported as % change from chronic, unimproving injured baseline after LED treatment at 4 J/cm2, 10mW/cm2 Figure 1: The difference between LED- treated (mouth) and untreated control (throat) becomes more dramatic over time, with daily treatment using NASA LED at 670 nm, 50 mW/cm2, 4 J/cm2. 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Naval Special Warfare Group II Injury Healing Data After NASA LED Treatment 1 BASELINE ROM PAIN GIRTH 35 % Change From BaselinePDF Image | THE USE OF NASA LED NEAR-INFRARED TECHNOLOGY FOR BIOSTIMULATION
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