Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Patient with Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized Placebo-Controlled Single-Blind Clinical trial

Mohammed taher ahmed omar0 个研究点目标入组 42 人开始时间: 2012年6月8日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•Patients who had knee OA according to American College of Rheumatology criteria were recruited for the study. All patients had knee OA of grade II or III confirmed radiologically according to the Kellgren-Lawrence grading system. All the patients had a minimum score of 25 on the Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) total score. All patients had moderate to great knee pain defined as a score of 4 or greater on visual analogue scale (VAS) in the previous three months. They were willingness to participate and follow the treatment schedule.

•The patients were excluded from the study if they had concomitant disease affecting the knee, such as rheumatoid arthritis, injury and / or surgery to the knee, had received physical therapy and intra-articular corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injections during the last six months. Furthermore, patients were also excluded if they had history of cancer, dementia, neurological deficits (sensory or motor), heart pacemaker, diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled hypertension, or morbid obesity (BMI less than 40).

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Mohammed taher ahmed omar