Study Details

Red Light Therapy for People who are Veterans

(IRB#: IRB_00168602)

This study will see the impact of a specific light therapy called photobiomodulation (PBM) on brain health and resiliency, cognitive and behavioral performance, and psychological health in Veterans who have also received treatment at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital. People in the study will receive either a sham or an active treatment headset. A sham headset is physically identical to the active headset but does not provide any light therapy. Being in the study requires a pre-treatment assessment that takes approximately 4.5 hours, eight weeks of at-home treatment that are 20-minute treatment sessions, 5-6 times per week, and a post-treatment assessment that lasts about 4.5 hours. During the pre-and post-treatment sessions, information will be collected about thinking ability, behavior, general mood, and motor function to see the impact of the light therapy. People will also have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help see the inside of the brain to understand if changes occur related to any improvements in thinking or mood.

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