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Are the ergogenic effects of photobiomodulation therapy age-dependent? A randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial

Authors: Carolina Gassen Fritsch, Laura Ayang Folgiarini, Natália Sgarioni Gomes, Marco Aurélio Vaz, Bruno Manfredini Baroni

Published in: Lasers in Medical Science | Issue 3/2020

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In 2006, Lopes-Martins et al. [1] demonstrated, for the first time, that specific doses of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) were capable of decreasing the muscular fatigue process in rats. Two years later, Leal-Junior et al. [2] reported performance enhancement in humans with PBMT applied before exercise with free weights until exhaustion. Thenceforth, several studies have been published with PBMT before different exercise protocols [3‐5]. In sight of the growing number of research papers in the field, the most recent meta-analysis concluded that PBMT may reduce muscle fatigue and improve exercise performance [6], while possible mechanisms have been hypothesized in the literature [7]. …

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Title: Are the ergogenic effects of photobiomodulation therapy age-dependent? A randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial
Authors: Carolina Gassen Fritsch
Laura Ayang Folgiarini
Natália Sgarioni Gomes
Marco Aurélio Vaz
Bruno Manfredini Baroni
Publication date: 01-04-2020
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: Lasers in Medical Science / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 0268-8921
Electronic ISSN: 1435-604X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-019-02790-9

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