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ArticleJournal of textile science & engineering2018

Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Far-Infrared Emitting Ceramic Fabric Shirts and Control Polyester Shirts on Transcutaneous PO

K Washington, J Wason, M S Thein, L A Lavery, M R Hamblin, I L Gordon

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Article in Journal of textile science & engineering, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Improving Sleep with Far-Infrared-Emitting Pajamas: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
    Trial
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Effect of Shirts with 42% Celliant™ Fiber on tcPOJournal of textile science & engineering · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

K WashingtonHologenix LLC, 1112 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, California, USA.
J WasonMaelor Group 7 Village Woods Dr. Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
M S TheinVeterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System 5901 E. 7th Street, Long Beach California, USA.
L A LaveryUniversity of Texas Southwestern 1801 Inwood Road Dallas, Texas, USA.
M R HamblinWellman Centre for Photo-medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
I L GordonVeterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System 5901 E. 7th Street, Long Beach California, USA.

Funding

Photodynamic Therapy of Localized InfectionsR01AI050875 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R · 2003 to 2017
$4.8M
Synergistic Photodynamic Therapy for Catherer-Associated Urinary Tract InfectionsR21AI121700 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R · 2016 to 2017
$462k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050875NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI121700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our aim was to confirm earlier studies showing tcPO

methodsSubjects were randomized to don either PET shirts first (PETF n=73) or CEL first (CELF n=80), switching garments after 90 minutes. Skin temperature (ST), arterial oxygen saturation (O

resultsBaseline ST and O

conclusionsThe ability of ceramic-embedded fabric to induce higher tcPO

Indexed as

Ceramic-embedded clothingCeramic-embedded fabricDonning sequenceFar-infrared radiationFIR-emitting garmentsRandomized controlled trialTissue oxygenationTranscutaneous PO2

Identifiers

PMID30381796
PMCPMC6205518

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