Table 6.

Energy Doses Reported for Joint Areas

	<700 nm				>700 and<900 nm				>900 and<1,000 nm				>1,000 nm
Wavelength Location	SR (J)	Author	J/p	AD	SR (J)	Author	J/p	AD	SR (J)	Author	J/p	AD	SR (J)	Author	J/p	AD
TMJ	6∼30	Basford33	0.0135*	X	0.5∼15	Cetiner43	-	O	0.2∼1.4	Kulekcioglu41	3*	X
Finger		Emshoff44	3.6*	X		Brosseau34	0.03*	X
						Meireles32	0.18*	X
						Venancio42	0.3*	X
						Santos45	0.64*	O
Knee	9∼2700	Stelian35	10.3 J/joint	O	6∼180	Tascioglu38	1.5	X	1.2∼84	Gur37	2 J/joint	O
						Tascioglu38	3	X		Gur37	3 J/joint	O
						Bulow36	1.5∼4.5	X
						Hegedus39	6	O
						Stelian35	11.1 J/joint	O
Shoulder						Stergioulas51	1.8	O		Bingol50	2.38*	X
Cervical					11∼360	Ozdemir40	0.9	O	0.8∼56
Area						Chow52	9*	O
Lumbar					48∼480	Ay49	2.8*	X	15∼105	Soriano47	-	O	48∼480	Basford51	239*	O
Area						Djavid2	6*	O		Klein46	0.1*	X

SR, suggested Range of dose (J) by Bjordal; J/p, Joule per point; J/joint, Joule per joint; AD, author's decision on effectiveness; O, laser is effective; X, laser is ineffective; ^*, inferred value; −, no description or failed to infer.