an increasing trendp = 0.083
Muscle strength After the 8-week intervention, improvements in the strength of the knee extensor were found in the 808 nm group only (+ 2.16%, p < 0.001), while the strength of the extensor showed an increasing trend in the sham control group (+ 1.74%, p = 0.083) and no change in the 606 nm group (− 0.36%, p = 0.82), as shown in Fig. 3 .