NCT05510648

Evaluation of the Effect of High-intensity Laser Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis

The Effect of High-intensity Laser Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Necmettin Erbakan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of high intensity laser therapy (HILT) on range of motion, pain, quality of life, muscle strength and femoral cartilage thickness in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Detailed description

Patients who are admitted and diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis based on anamnesis, physical examination and imaging methods are included in the study.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis
• Laser Therapy
• Muscle Strength

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	high-intensity laser therapy	A total of 15 sessions of hotpack, TENS and exercise program will be applied to the patients for three weeks, 5 days a week, 1 session a day. The patients in the HILT group will be treated with a BTL 6000 brand device (Figure 5) for 3 sessions of high-intensity laser with a power of 10.0 w in the first week, energy density of 12 j/cm², every 25 cm² for 2 minutes in analgesic mode, and 5 sessions in the following 2 weeks. While 6 sessions of .0 w power, energy density of 120 j/cm², each 25 cm² for 10 minutes, will be applied in biostimulant mode for 6 sessions for three weeks, is applied in analgesic mode for 3 sessions every other day in the first week, and 6 sessions every other day in the biostimulant mode for the next two weeks, for a total of 9 sessions for three weeks.
OTHER	sham high-intensity laser therapy	Hotpack, TENS and exercise program applications will be applied to the patients in the same way as in the HILT group, 5 days a week, 1 session a day, a total of 15 sessions for three weeks. HILT is administered as a placebo for three weeks, 3 sessions a week, every other day, for a total of 9 sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-25
• Primary completion: 2022-09-25
• Completion: 2022-11-25
• First posted: 2022-08-22
• Last updated: 2022-09-28