Assessment of the effectiveness of low-level laser therapy on the hands of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized double-blind controlled trial.

What the authors concluded

We conclude that low-level aluminum gallium arsenide laser therapy is not effective at the wavelength, dosage, and power studied for the treatment of hands among patients with rheumatoid arthritis." Note: Jan Tunér and Lars Hode published a comment that noted the authors seemed to use a total dose of 4.68J, which would be lower than the WALT recommendation of ~28 joules. The authors of the ori