Professor Dr. Med. Pekka Pontinen is a Professor of Medicine and Anaesthesiology at the University of Kuopio, Finland. He is a president of Nordic Medical Acupuncture Society and a Scandinavian pioneer in the use of low level lasers in medicine.
Contents of the Low Level Laser Therapy as a Medical Treatment Modality book:
Chapter 1: Introduction to LLLT
Chapter 2: The history of laser and LLLT
Chapter 3: The physics of laser
Chapter 4: Laser devices for LLLT
Chapter 5: Laser irradiation dose
Chapter 6: Technique of LLLT
Chapter 7: Biological effects of LLLT
Chapter 8: Analgesic effects of LLLT
Chapter 9: Mechanism of LLLT
Chapter 10: Indications for LLLT and results
Chapter 11: Side effects and complications of LLLT
Chapter 12: Guidelines for LLLT
Chapter 13: Practical directions for LLLT (recently updated by an insert supplied with the book)
Chapter 14: Closing remarks on LLLT
Appendix 1: The main acupoints used in LLLT
Appendix 2: Definitions