ʻO ka PBMT he laser a i ʻole LED light therapy e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana o ka ʻiʻo (ʻeha ʻili, ʻiʻo, tendon, iwi, aʻalolo), hoʻemi i ka mumū a hoʻemi i ka ʻeha ma nā wahi a pau e hoʻohana ʻia ai ka lāʻau.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo PBMT e hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, e hōʻemi i ka pōʻino o ka ʻiʻo a hoʻemi i ka ʻeha ma hope o ka hoʻoikaika kino.
I ka wā Space Shuttle, makemake ʻo NASA e aʻo i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu ma ka lewa. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole kūpono nā kumu kukui i hoʻohana ʻia no ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu ma ka Honua; Ua hoʻohana nui lākou i ka mana a hana i ka wela.
I ka makahiki 1990, ua hui pū ʻo Wisconsin Center for Space Automation & Robotics me Quantum Devices Inc. e hoʻomohala i kahi kumu māmā. Ua hoʻohana lākou i nā kukui-emitting diodes (LED) i kā lākou mea i hana ʻia, ka Astroculture3. ʻO ka Astroculture3 kahi keʻena ulu ulu, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kukui LED, i hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia e NASA ma nā misionari Space Shuttle.
Ma hope koke iho, ua ʻike ʻo NASA i nā noi kūpono o ke kukui LED ʻaʻole wale no ke olakino mea kanu, akā no nā astronauts ponoʻī. E noho ana me ka ha'aha'a ha'aha'a, 'a'ole hiki wawe ka ho'oulu hou 'ana o ke kino kanaka, a 'ike ka po'e astronau i ka poho o ka iwi a me ka io. No laila ua huli ʻo NASA i ka photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT). Ua wehewehe ʻia ka lāʻau Photobiomodulation ma ke ʻano he ʻano o ka lāʻau māmā e hoʻohana ana i nā kumu kukui non-ionizing, e like me nā lasers, light emitting diodes, a / a i ʻole ke kukui broadband, i ka ʻike ʻia (400 - 700 nm). a kokoke-infrared (700 – 1100 nm) electromagnetic spectrum. He kaʻina nonthermal ia e pili ana i nā chromophores endogenous e kiʻi ana i nā hanana photophysical (ʻo ia hoʻi, linear a me nonlinear) a me nā hanana photochemical ma nā ʻano unahi olaola. ʻO kēia kaʻina hana i nā hopena lapaʻau maikaʻi e pili ana akā ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka ʻeha, immunomodulation, a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ho'ōla ʻeha a me ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o ka ʻiʻo. Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka huaʻōlelo photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy e nā mea noiʻi a me nā loea ma mua o nā huaʻōlelo e like me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa laser therapy (LLLT), ka laser anuanu, a i ʻole ka lāʻau laser.
Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻano kukui ʻokoʻa, mai ka ʻike ʻole ʻia, kokoke i ka infrared ma o ke kukui ʻike ʻia (ʻulaʻula, ʻalani, melemele, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka uliuli), e kū ana ma mua o nā kukuna ultraviolet pōʻino. I kēia manawa,ʻo ka hopena o kaʻulaʻula a me ka kokoke-infrared kukui ka mea i aʻo nuiʻia; Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ke kukui ʻulaʻula no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili, akā hiki i ka infrared kokoke ke komo hohonu loa, e hana ana i kona ala ma ka ʻili a me ka iwi a hiki i ka lolo. Manaʻo ʻia he maikaʻi loa ke kukui polū i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no ka haki. ʻAʻole maopopo ka hopena o ke kukui ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka melemele, akā hiki i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hyperpigmentation, a hiki i ka melemele ke hōʻemi i ke kiʻi ʻana.
