Efficacy of High-intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) in the Patients With Cervical Disc Herniation
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 150
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Neck Disability Index
研究概览
简要总结
The worldwide prevalence of neck pain is between 16.7-75.1%, it has been seen at an increasing rate in recent years due to sedentary living conditions.
Pharmacological treatment, neck collar, traction, manual therapy, interventional injection techniques, surgical treatment and conventional physical therapy methods such as hotpack, ultrasound, TENS (Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation), vacuum interference, exercise are applied in the treatment of neck pain.
In recent years, High Intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) has been used as a painless and non-invasive physical therapy agent. It received FDA approval in 2002 for HILT in the treatment of variety of musculoskeletal disorders.
There are a few studies in the literature investigating the efficacy of HILT in chronic neck pain. There is only one study investigating the efficacy of HILT in cervical disc herniation. In this study, the efficacy of HILT and ultrasound-TENS in the treatment of neck pain caused by cervical disc herniation has been compared, but the results of the exercise control group and long-term follow-up were not available.
The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the short and long-term efficacy of HILT treatment using improvement in the pain, range of motion, activities of daily living and functionality of the cervical spine in patients with cervical disc herniation. In group 1, only exercises will be applied; in the group 2, HILT will be applied in addition to exercise; in the group 3, hotpack, TENS, ultrasound will be applied in addition to exercises.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients with cervical disc herniation diagnosed by MRI whose symptoms started for at least 3 months ago
- •Not receiving physical therapy and rehabilitation in the last 3 months
- •Not taking any medications such as analgesics, anti-inflammatoires or muscle relaxants for the treatment of symptoms.
排除标准
- •patients with major psychiatric disease, cervical spine surgery and rheumatological disease; pacemaker users; those who were injected with local corticosteroids; pregnant women; cancer patients
结局指标
主要结局
Neck Disability Index
时间窗: 3. month
This scale is a patient-completed, condition-specific functional status questionnaire with 10 items including pain, personal care, lifting, reading, headaches, concentration, work, driving, sleeping and recreation. Scoring was between 0-50, where high scores indicate a poor result
次要结局
- Short Form Health Survey-36(3. months)
- Visual Analog Scale(3. month)
研究者
Şükran Güzel
Asst. Prof.
Baskent University Ankara Hospital