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Light Dose Database

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453 nm Blue Light LED Therapy Psoriasis Regimen

Background: Blue light irradiation reduces the proliferation of keratinocytes and modulates T-cell immune response in vitro and has been shown ...
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633 nm and 830 nm Psoriasis LED Therapy Regimen

Background and objectives: Psoriasis is one of the major problems facing dermatologists worldwide. Planar arrays of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have ...
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Blue and Red Light Equal at Treating Psoriasis, Blue Better at Reducing Redness

Randomized Controlled Trial J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol . 2012 Feb;26(2):219-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04039.x. Epub 2011 Mar 24. Efficacy of blue ...
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Blue Light, Red Light, and Topical Curcumin Treat Psoriasis

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26382065/ PLoS One . 2015 Sep 18;10(9):e0138754. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138754. eCollection 2015. Red Light Combined with Blue Light Irradiation Regulates Proliferation ...
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Narrow Band Ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) Psoriasis Treatment (Not a Home Treatment)

Ultraviolet B Phototherapy for Psoriasis: Review of Practical Guidelines Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition that affects approximately 2 % ...
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Non-UV 420 nm and 453 nm Blue Light Psoriasis Regimen

Background: Blue light has no known toxic effects on human skin, but reduces the proliferative capacity of keratinocytes in vitro ...
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Physician’s Office Psoralen UVA and UVB for Psoriasis

Psoralen-ultraviolet A treatment with Psoralen-ultraviolet B therapy in the treatment of psoriasis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809278/ Researchers treated 25 psoriasis patients with psoralen ...
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Search the Photobiomodulation Database for studies on health conditions:

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)