TY  - JOUR
AU  - Litscher, Gerhard
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/11
TI  - Efficacy of LED Infrared Warming in the Periphery of the Human Body – First Investigations in a Subject using Thermography
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 030
VL  - 05
IS  - 02
AB  - In this technical report, we present for the first time a newly developed multimodal light-emitting diode (LED) pad for photobiomodulation (PBM). In order to demonstrate the range of possibilities for its application, we carried out a comparison of measurements with and without infrared (IR) LEDs in a volunteer, and are presenting the results. The pad consists of several components, which are mainly composed of LEDs of different modalities (IR, red, yellow, and blue). This multicolor system was applied to a peripheral area of the body in the volunteer. Thermal imaging of the region of interest showed that additional stimulation with IR LEDs increased temperature by about 113% compared to stimulation without IR LEDs. Our results concluded that non-visible IR LED stimulation techniques could be extremely helpful in improving the quality of PBM.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2002030
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.2002030
ID  - Litscher2020
ER  -