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ArticlePhotochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology2024

Infrared-A to improve mood: an exploratory study of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) exposure.

Iina-Maria Häggqvist, Petri Kärhä, Hannu Kautiainen, Erna Snellman, Rafael Pasternack, Timo Partonen

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Article in Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Iina-Maria HäggqvistDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014, Tampere, Finland. iina.tarkiainen@tuni.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3588-0584
Petri KärhäMetrology Research Institute, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4774-7887
Hannu KautiainenPrimary Health Care Unit, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0786-0858
Erna SnellmanDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014, Tampere, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2093-9088
Rafael PasternackDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014, Tampere, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4899-1504
Timo PartonenDepartment of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1951-2455

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diurnal preference to eveningness might predispose to depression. There is preliminary evidence of infrared-A (IR-A) induced whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) in the treatment of depression. In this exploratory study with 19 adults, we investigated the effects of a 20-min exposure of water-filtered IR-A (wIRA) to the skin of back and buttock area, without inducing WBH, on mood and assessed the outcome by diurnal preference (#R19047, approval on 7 May 2019). The skin received irradiation with an integrated power of 102.4 W in the wavelength region of 550-1350 nm and a total dose of 123 kJ over the total area of 0.0483 m

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AffectInfrared RaysWaterAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSkin TemperatureSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultWaterCore temperatureDiurnal preferenceInfraredMoodSkin surface temperature

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