NCT03385408

Effectiveness of HILT in Shoulder Osteoarthritis

Effectiveness of High-intensity Laser Therapy in Shoulder Osteoarthritis; a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rzeszow · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will determine the efficacy of High Intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) for the treatment of shoulder osteoarthritis.

Detailed description

Shoulder osteoarthritis (SO) is a musculoskeletal joint disease that affects the elderly. SO is characterized by degeneration of the articular cartilage in the involved joints and its underlying bone within a joint as well as bony overgrowth. It is one of the major causes of physical disability that has a social and public health impact due to pain, stiffness, joint instability, and muscle weakness. The diagnosed patients with SO will be treated with HILT for a total of ten sessions during the entire duration of the treatment protocol. Parameters to be evaluated are: range of motion, pressure pain (algometer), pain perception (Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Modified Laitinen Pain Questionnaire), quality of life (WHOQoL-BREF) These parameters will be recorded before the first treatment (baseline), after completion of treatment, three and 12 months after completion treatment. A change in above parameters will be evaluated.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	HIRO® 3.0	Patients will receive pulsed Nd:YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet) laser, produced by HIRO 3.0 device (ASA, Vicenza, Italy). The total energy deliver to the patient during one session will be 3.000 J through three phases of treatment. HILT will be applied for a total of 4 weeks (three sessions/week).
DEVICE	Sham laser	For sham laser, the patient will attended the physical therapy clinic three times a week for 4 weeks and receive sham laser. It is applies the same time than experimental one but with 0 W.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-02
• Primary completion: 2018-02-21
• Completion: 2019-08-21
• First posted: 2017-12-28
• Last updated: 2023-02-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland