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Light Dose Database

Search for red light therapy studies on specific health conditions:

Red light therapy virus dose: herpes, shingles, post herpetic neuralgia

Herpes Simplex Red Light Dose

670 nm, 40 mW, 40 s, 1.6/4.8 J, 2.04 J/cm^2, 0.79 J/cm^2, 1 treatment, on blisters and vertebrae reduced outbreak ...
Red light therapy virus dose: herpes, shingles, post herpetic neuralgia

Herpes Symptom Reduction Red Light Dose

780 nm, 60 mW, 3 J/cm^2 (50 s) or 4.5 J/cm^2 (75 s), 2x/week/10 weeks (20) reduced herpes pain and ...
Red light therapy virus dose: herpes, shingles, post herpetic neuralgia

Herpes Treatment Red Light Dose

660 nm, 100 mW, 8 s, 12 points/5 sessions (60 applications) per point , 30 J/cm^2 encouraged herpes remission for ...
Red light therapy virus dose: herpes, shingles, post herpetic neuralgia

Herpes Zoster Pain Remission Red Light Dose

post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), 904 nm, 4000 Hz, 10 diodes, total 6 mW, 20 minutes, approx 7 joules per treatment, 5 ...
Red light therapy virus dose: herpes, shingles, post herpetic neuralgia

Pain Reduction of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia Red Light Dose

650 nm, 120 mW/cm^2, 30 s, 2x/week/8 weeks (16), 3.6 J/cm^2 brought pain score to zero from a range of ...
Red light therapy virus dose: herpes, shingles, post herpetic neuralgia

Prevent Herpes Recurrence Red Light Dose

690 nm, 80 mw/cm^2, 48 J/cm2, recurrent perioral herpes simplex infection, at least 1/month for 6 mo+, laser group daily ...
Red light therapy virus dose: herpes, shingles, post herpetic neuralgia

Reduce Herpes Zoster Pain Red Light Dose

633 nm, 50 mW, 2 J/cm^2, 300 second treatments, 3 treatments/week for 1 week reduced post-herpetic neuralgia pain Reduce shingles ...

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This is the EMF Channel database of light therapy study doses. After getting the results, click to view more study details. Only successful studies are included. 99% of the studies here are on humans, not animals. This database is a work in progress. Many thanks to Vlad for his PBM database. When the data here references his work, the detail page includes a link to the PBM spreadsheet.

About the EMF Channel Light Dose Database

Many people purchase red light therapy or neuromuscular electrical stimulation devices without knowing optimal doses for the results they want to see. The right dose is especially key to light therapies, which have optimal windows of wavelength and energy delivered. Treatment doses outside of those windows will nullify results or harm the user. I took the results from successful EMF studies when these studies included:

  • Photobiomodulation (Red Light Therapy, Blue Light Therapy, Low Level Light Therapy)
  • Transcutaneous Electromagnetic Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
  • Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy
  • Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)

Many studies do not report exact dose parameters they used. They are therefore not included here, even the study reported a therapeutic result.

Table: Light Dose Parameters

Term

Parameter

Time

Seconds

Power

Milliwatts (mW) or Watts (W)

Total Dose Energy

joules (J) = power x time = Watts x seconds

Wavelength

Nanometers (nm)

Frequency

Hertz (Hz)

Spot Size

Squared Centimeters (cm^2)

Duty Cycle

Percentage of time light source is on per cycle

Power Density

Watts per centimeters squared (W/cm(2) = power / probe size

Fluence

Joules per Centimeters Squared (J/cm^2) = total energy delivered by the probe size

Source: Turchin, Curtis. Light and Laser Therapy: Clinical Procedures 6th Edition (p. 16)