NCT04779190

Physical Therapy in Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Low-level Laser Therapy Versus Ultrasound Therapy Combined With Exercise in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and therapeutic ultrasound combined with home-based exercise in comparison with home-based exercise alone in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS). Participants are going to evaluate before training, and at the 1-month follow-up and 3-month follow-up using the visual analog scale (VAS) scores for pain during activity, at rest, and at night, and the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI).

Detailed description

SIS is an important cause of pain and disability and affects activities of daily living. Therefore, a major goal of SIS treatment is to reduce pain and improve upper extremity function. In this prospective, randomized controlled, single-blind, interventional trial, a total of 60 patients with SIS who met the eligibility criteria are going to enrolled in the study. Eligible participants are going to randomly assign to one of the three groups by an independent blinded researcher, using a computer-generated random numbers and allocation ratio of 1:1:1: the LLLT group (LG, n = 20), the ultrasound therapy group (UG, n = 20), and the control group (CG, n = 20). Participants are going to evaluate before training, and at the 1-month follow-up and 3-month follow-up using the visual analog scale (VAS) scores for pain during activity, at rest, and at night, and the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI).

Conditions

• Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Low-level laser therapy	Gallium-aluminum-arsenide diode laser device
DEVICE	Therapeutic ultrasound	Therapeutic pulsed ultrasound with a frequency of 1 MHz
OTHER	Home-based exercise	Home-based exercises 3 days a week; each exercise comprises one set with 5 repetitions over 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-04
• Primary completion: 2021-07-10
• Completion: 2021-07-10
• First posted: 2021-03-03
• Last updated: 2021-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)