Ultrasonographic Response to Polarized Light Therapy in the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Physical Therapy | ||
| Article 4, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2022, Pages 21-28 PDF (318.34 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejpt.2022.118192.1068 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed Tabia* ; Mahmoud Hamada Mohamed1; Mohamed Naeem Selim2 | ||
| 1Lecturer of physical therapy, Department of Physical Therapy for surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Ahram Canadian University, Egypt | ||
| 2Lecturer of physical therapy, Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Beni- Suef University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Purpose: : The aim evaluate the efficacy of polarized light therapy in atopic dermatitis patients and the response of ultrasonography to skin thickness measurement. Methods: Active controlled trail, randomized, single blind design. 40 male patients with chronic atopic dermatitis were randomly split into 2 groups. The A group (20 patients) received Bioptron light therapy; B group (20 patients) received topical corticosteroid cream with (hydrocortisone 2.5%) only. Ultrasonography was used to evaluate skin thickness and SCORAD index was used to clinically estimate the degree of AD. Results: Comparing between two groups post treatment, there's improvement in skin thickness, the improvement in group of Polarized light was 82.3 % and group of topical corticosteroids 78.1 %. The improvement of SCORAD index as improvement of Polarized light group with 518.6 % and improvement in group of topical corticosteroids 260.7 %. Conclusion: Polarized light therapy is a simple, safe and effective procedure in treatment of atopic dermatitis which could reduce the need of long-term use of topical corticosteroid and avoid its associated side effects. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Polarized Light Therapy; atopic dermatitis; Ultrasonographic Response; skin thickness measurement | ||
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