HIGH INTENSITY LASER THERAPY ON PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Physical Therapy | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 1, September 2020, Pages 1-8 PDF (267.84 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejpt.2020.33415.1009 | ||
| Authors | ||
| hatem mostafa ahmed* 1; enas abu taleb2; fairouz hatem ameen2 | ||
| 1basic science department, faculty of physical therapy, badr university, cairo, egypt | ||
| 2basic science department faculty of physical therapy cairo university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Purpose: to investigate the effect of HILT on pain intensity in patients with acute cervical MTrP in the upper trapezius muscle. methods: 50 patients (32 female and 18 male) having MTrP in the upper trapezius muscle from out-clinic of faculty of physical therapy BADR university, were participated in this study. Their ages ranged from 20 to 40 years old with body mass index less than 25 kg/m² They were assigned randomly into two equal groups; group (A) received traditional treatment only (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), ultrasound massage (US) and stretch and exercise) , group B received HILT with traditional treatment. duration of treatment was 2 sessions/week for 4 weeks. Measurement of the visual analogue scale (VAS) was recorded before and at the end of intervention. Results: Results showed that there was significant difference between the two groups in the outcome measures in the post treatment assessment, but the HILT group (group B) showed a significant improvement than the control group (group A) at (p >0.001). Conclusion: HILT is an adjuvant physical therapy modality that may provide better outcomes for a patient with cervical MTrP. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| high intensity laser therapy; cervical myofascial trigger points; musculoskeletal disorder | ||
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