The Effect of High-intensity Laser Therapy in Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain

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Marmara University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Shoulder Pain

Treatments

Other: Conventional physiotherapy

Device: High-intensity laser therapy (HILT)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05062941

28.03.2018.217

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of biostimulating, analgesic and noninvasive high intensity laser therapy on pain, functionality and quality of life in patients with chronic shoulder pain. Participants between the ages of 18-75 and without any cognitive, communication and psychiatric problems were included in the study. Patients were randomized into two groups and both received conventional physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 3 weeks, 5 sessions a week. The treatment program applied was as followed; the control Group (n = 25): conventional physiotherapy and study Group (n = 25): conventional physiotherapy and High-intensity Laser Therapy (HILT). Upper extremity range of motion was evaluated with 'goniometer', pain threshold with 'algometer, muscle strength with 'myometer'; disability status with 'The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH)'.

Full description

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of biostimulating, analgesic and noninvasive high intensity laser therapy on pain, functionality and quality of life in patients with chronic shoulder pain. Participants between the ages of 18-75 and without any cognitive, communication and psychiatric problems were included in the study. Patients were randomized into two groups and both received conventional physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 3 weeks, 5 sessions a week. The treatment program applied was as followed; the control Group (n = 25): conventional physiotherapy and study Group (n = 25): conventional physiotherapy and High-intensity Laser Therapy (HILT). Upper extremity range of motion was evaluated with 'goniometer', pain threshold with 'algometer, muscle strength with 'myometer'; disability status with 'The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH)'.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

56 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional therapy (CT) was applied to all participants. CT included application of 15 minutes of hot-pack, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in conventional mode, 5 minutes of ultrasound (1.5 W/cm2, 1 MHz), 20 minutes of interference current with vacuum electrodes (80 Hz pulse frequency, 1/1 rectangular spectrum), and exercises (all exercises were applied as 1 set of 10 repetitions in each direction: Codman exercises (3-directions), wand exercises (4-directions), exercises using the shoulder wheel (2-directions), exercises with exercise band (5-directions), exercises on the finger ladder (1 set of 10 repetitions in both directions); and shoulder capsule stretching exercises performed (1 set of 12 repetitions) by asking the subjects to wait 20 seconds where the tension was felt).

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physiotherapy

Study group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Same conventional therapy (CT) that was applied to control group was also applied to all participants in this group. CT included application of 15 minutes of hot-pack, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), 5 minutes of ultrasound, 20 minutes of interference current with vacuum electrodes, and the same exercises. In addition to the CT program, only study group has received HILT (BTL 6000, BTL Industries, Inc., USA) application to the shoulder area (analgesic mode, 25 Hz,10 W, 12 j/cm2) for 2 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: High-intensity laser therapy (HILT)

Other: Conventional physiotherapy

Trial contacts and locations

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