ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2020
What is the optimal time-response window for the use of photobiomodulation therapy combined with static magnetic field (PBMT-sMF) for the improvement of exercise performance and recovery, and for how long the effects last? A randomized, triple-blinded, placebo-controlled trial.
Article in BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03420391 (Effects of Photobiomodulation Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Photobiomodulation Therapy (PBMT) on Muscular Performance and Recovery in Different Time-points
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Photobiomodulation in chronic pain: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of photobiomodulation therapy on trunk flexor performance after incisional hernia repair: a randomized controlled trial.Lasers in medical science · 2022Trial
- Effects of photobiomodulation therapy combined with static magnetic field on training adaptations and detraining responses: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Photobiomodulation as Medicine: Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) for Acute Tissue Injury or Sport Performance Recovery.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- Innovative integration: optimizing performance through warm-up and photobiomodulation in high-intensity test.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Photobiomodulation Therapy Combined with Static Magnetic Field (PBMT-SMF) on Spatiotemporal and Kinematics Gait Parameters in Post-Stroke: A Pilot Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Photobiomodulation and Sports: Results of a Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Immediate effects of photobiomodulation therapy combined with a static magnetic field on the subsequent performance: a preliminary randomized crossover triple-blinded placebo-controlled trial.Biomedical optics express · 2021Article
- Effects of Photobiomodulation Therapy Combined with Static Magnetic Field in Severe COVID-19 Patients Requiring Intubation: A Pragmatic Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.Journal of inflammation research · 2021Article
- Effect of LASER photobiomodulation on the cell viabilities of periodontal ligament fibroblasts of older and younger individuals - AnJournal of Indian Society of PeriodontologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe optimal time-response window for photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) using low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and/or light emitting diodes therapy (LEDT) combined with static magnetic fields (sMF) before physical activity still was not fully investigated. The aim of the present study was to investigate the better of four time-response windows for PBMT combined with sMF (PBMT-sMF) use before exercise in humans.
methodsA prospectively registered, randomized, triple-blinded (volunteers, therapists and assessors) placebo-controlled trial was carried out. Sixty healthy untrained male subjects were randomly allocated to six experimental groups (
resultsSixty patients were randomized and analyzed to each sequence. The outcomes in absolute values show that all active PBMT-sMF groups increased (
conclusionsPBMT-sMF can be used from 5 min to 6 h before exercise, and the effects can last up to 54 h after treatment. However, the effects start to decrease when a 1-day (24 h) time-response window is used.
trial registrationNCT03420391. Registered 05 February 2018.
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