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ForwardShedding Light on Photobiomodulation: Current Evidence and Recommendations in Sports Rehabilitation
There is a critical gap in athletic training and sports medicine rehabilitation regarding the understanding and application of photobiomodulation. This activity is designed to enhance practitioners’ knowledge of how photobiomodulation works at the cellular level, outline safe parameters for clinical use, and provide strategies to effectively educate patients about at-home devices. By addressing both the current evidence for benefits and the areas where additional research is needed, the activity will equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to safely and effectively integrate this modality into practice. Within the scope of athletic training, where the use of modalities is permitted, this education supports improved decision-making, patient communication, and ultimately better outcomes in rehabilitation and recovery.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for an audience of Physicians, Nurses and Athletic Trainers.
Learning Objectives
- Define photobiomodulation and distinguish between different classes of therapeutic lasers and light-emitting devices used in clinical practice.
- Explain the cellular and physiological mechanisms of action of photobiomodulation, including the role of cytochrome c oxidase, ATP production, and modulation of reactive oxygen species.
- List World Association for Laser Therapy (WALT) recommendations and recognize the key safety precautions and contraindications when using photobiomodulation devices.
Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.
Yadira Wood PT, MPT, BS(faculty)
Planners and Reviewers
Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN (President, AKH Inc.)
Michele Bielarski, RN (Reviewer)
AKH Inc Staff and Planners
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Disclosures
None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product
This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participants misunderstanding of the content. If you would like to opt out from future communications from AKH please send an email to [email protected] with your information with "Opt Out" in the subject line.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare.Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing
Credit being awarded: 1.0 ANCC contact hours
Athletic Trainers
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare (BOC AP#: JA0007034) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs). This program is eligible for a maximum of 1.0 Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.