Red (660 nm) and infrared (830 nm) low-level laser therapy in skeletal muscle fatigue in humans: What is better?

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 453-458

  De Almeida, Patrícia ^a   Lopes Martins, Rodrigo Álvaro Brandão ^a,b   De Marchi, Thiago ^c   Tomazoni, Shaiane Silva ^b   Albertini, Regiane ^a   Corrêa, João Carlos Ferrari ^a   Rossi, Rafael Paolo ^b   MacHado, Guilherme Pinheiro ^c   Da Silva, Daniela Perin ^c   Bjordal, Jan Magnus ^d,e   Leal Junior, Ernesto Cesar Pinto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Muscle performance; Peak force; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863463535     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-011-0957-3     Document Type: Article

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