NCT04169880

Effects of High Intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of high intensity laser therapy (HILT) in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS). This study aims to compare the effects of HILT alone and HILT and therapeutic exercise combination on shoulder pain, ROM, joint position sense (JPS), muscle strength and function.The investigators hypothesized that shoulder pain, ROM, JPS, muscle strength and functionality would improve with both treatments but that HILT combined with exercise would result in better outcomes than HILT alone.

Detailed description

30 patients with SIS will be randomized into two groups. Pain intensity will be assessed with visual analogue scale (VAS), pain-free and normal range of motion (ROM) with goniometer, joint position sense (JPS) with inclinometer, muscle strenght with hand-held dynamometer, and shoulder functionality with Constant Murley Score (CMS) and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) in a pretest-posttest design. HILT Group (n=15) will receive only HILT for 10 sessions, 3 days a week on alternate days. HILT\& Exercise Group (n=15) will receive exercise treatment in addition to HILT for the same duration of time.

Conditions

• Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	HILT	HILT will be performed with BTL 6000 High Intensity Laser (London, UK) which is a therapeutic non-invasive neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet laser that has a pulsating waveform and 1064 nm wavelength, 12 Watt maximum power and has the ability to penetrate 12 cm.
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	HILT & EXERCISE	HILT\&Exercise group will receive exercise therapy right after they receive HILT. Both groups will receive treatment for 3 days a week, on alternate days and totally 10 sessions. Patients will be asked not to use analgesic medication throughout the treatment period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-05
• Primary completion: 2016-01-06
• Completion: 2016-05-27
• First posted: 2019-11-20
• Last updated: 2019-11-25