IRCT20180721040539N2RecruitingPhase 2
The Effects of High Intensity Laser on Clinical and Electrophysiological Findings of Unilateral Cervical Radiculopathy Due to Disc Protrusion? A Triple Blind Randomized Clinical Trial Study
Conditions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 30
Study Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 years to 55 years (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •Aged 20-55 years
- •Neck pain visual analogue score of 3-7
- •Radicular pain and/or paresthesia in affected upper limb
- •C5-C6? C6-C7 ?C7-C8 and C8-T1 disc protrusion confirmed by MRI
- •Diagnosed unilateral cervical radiculopathy due to disc protrusion by a neurology specialist based on nerve conduction study (NCS) and electromyography (EMG)
- •Symptoms lasting for at least 3 months
- •Positive Spurling compression test
- •Positive Median nerve tension test
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis
- •Viral, fungal, and bacterial infections
- •Systemic and metabolic diseases
- •History of neck surgery
- •Abnormal laboratory findings
- •Psychiatric illnesses
- •Photosensitive diseases
- •Trauma and fracture in cervical spine
- •Fibromyalgia
- •Active cancer or a cancer history of less than 1 year after the end of treatment
- •Upper limb peripheral nerves entrapment syndromes
- •Muscle weakness
- •Loss of reflex
- •Cervical disc extrusion and sequestration
- •Metal implants
- •Skin lesions in the treatment area
- •Degenerative changes of cervical or thoracic region
- •Cardiovascular failure
- •Decreased motor nerves amplitude in electrophysiological findings
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