Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Forearm Bone Mineral Density and Wrist Pain in Osteoporotic Postmenopausal Women

1000 mg of natural calcium carbonate once daily for 12 weeks

1000 IU vitamin D3 once daily for 12 weeks

The patient was in crock lying for stimulation of acupoints in abdomen and lower limbs then asked to be in side lying for stimulation of acupoints in the back. After disinfection of the skin and careful localization of the acupoints, low level laser therapy (LLLT) (model: Lis 1050, SN: EM 13481014, manufactured by EME srl, Italy) was applied bilaterally on Dazhu (BL 11), Ganshu(BL 18), Pishu (BL20), Shenshu (BL23), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (Sp6), Jingmen(GB25), Yanglingquan (GB34) andXuanzhong (GB39) acupoints, while it was applied in the midline on Guanyuan (CV4) andMingmen (GV4) acupoints. Each acupoint was irradiated for 60 sec, with total duration of 20 min, wave length of 905 nm, average radiant power output of 12 mW, energy density of 2 J/cm2, pulse radiation of 200 ms and pulse frequency of 5000 Hz