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🧑 Human 🎲 Randomized trial 👥 45 participants ⌛ 6 months (apparently a secondary publication, see. Paolillo et al. 2013 with apparently identical patient population) · 2014 · Brazil (São Paulo)

Phototherapy during treadmill training improves quadriceps performance in postmenopausal women.

Paolillo · Climacteric · 2014

The protocol this study used

Wavelength
850 nm
Dose
108 J/cm²
Sessions
6
Per session
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What the authors concluded

Peak torque did not differ amongst the groups. However, the results showed significantly higher values of power and total work for the LED group (∆ = 21 ± 6 W and ∆ = 634 ± 156 J, p < 0.05) when compared to both the exercise group (∆ = 13 ± 10 W and = 410 ± 270 J) and the sedentary group (∆ = 10 ± 9 W and ∆ = 357 ± 327 J). Fatigue was also significantly lower in the LED group (∆ = -7 ± 4%, p < 0.

Devices that emit this wavelength

Matched on wavelength within 15nm, since LED bins vary by roughly that much and a tighter match would be false precision. Where we have an irradiance figure, the session length is the time needed to reach this study's dose of 108 J/cm² at that intensity.

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MitoPRO 1500+
630 · 660 · 830 · 850 nm
Measured
$1,169
≈ 23 min 32 sec / session
at 76.5 mW/cm²
MitoPRO 1500X
590 · 630 · 660 · 810 · 830 · 850 nm
Measured
$1,299
≈ 33 min 39 sec / session
at 53.5 mW/cm²
PlatinumLED BIOMAX 900
480 · 630 · 660 · 810 · 830 · 850 · 1060 nm
Measured
$1,299
≈ 19 min 56 sec / session
at 90.3 mW/cm²
HoogaHealth PRO1500
660 · 850 nm
Measured
$1,199
≈ 20 min 56 sec / session
at 86 mW/cm²
Joovv Solo 3.0
660 · 850 nm
Measured
$1,499
≈ 30 min 24 sec / session
at 59.2 mW/cm²
LUMEBOX 2.0
660 · 850 nm
Measured
$629
≈ 14 min 24 sec / session
at 125 mW/cm²

Matching a wavelength is not the same as reproducing a trial. Session times assume the device's published irradiance is accurate at the distance it was measured, which on brand-claim figures is often optimistic. Where a device publishes both a peak and an average we use the average, and where it publishes a falloff curve we use the lowest figure, so these times run long rather than short. Clinical protocols also control for spot size, contact and skin type in ways a home device cannot.

Source

PubMed 23895414 →

Dosimetry extracted by Vladimir Heiskanen in Photobiomodulation (PBM) research - a comprehensive database. Citation resolved against PubMed.