Effects of High Intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT04169880

Last Updated: 2019-11-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-05-05
• Study Completion Date: 2016-05-27

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of high intensity laser therapy (HILT) in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS). This study aims to compare the effects of HILT alone and HILT and therapeutic exercise combination on shoulder pain, ROM, joint position sense (JPS), muscle strength and function.The investigators hypothesized that shoulder pain, ROM, JPS, muscle strength and functionality would improve with both treatments but that HILT combined with exercise would result in better outcomes than HILT alone.

Detailed Description

30 patients with SIS will be randomized into two groups. Pain intensity will be assessed with visual analogue scale (VAS), pain-free and normal range of motion (ROM) with goniometer, joint position sense (JPS) with inclinometer, muscle strenght with hand-held dynamometer, and shoulder functionality with Constant Murley Score (CMS) and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) in a pretest-posttest design. HILT Group (n=15) will receive only HILT for 10 sessions, 3 days a week on alternate days. HILT& Exercise Group (n=15) will receive exercise treatment in addition to HILT for the same duration of time.

Conditions

Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

HILT Group

HILT Group (n=15)

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

HILT

Intervention Type: DEVICE

HILT will be performed with BTL 6000 High Intensity Laser (London, UK) which is a therapeutic non-invasive neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet laser that has a pulsating waveform and 1064 nm wavelength, 12 Watt maximum power and has the ability to penetrate 12 cm.

HILT & EXERCISE Group

HILT\&Exercise Group (n=15)

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

HILT & EXERCISE

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

HILT\&Exercise group will receive exercise therapy right after they receive HILT. Both groups will receive treatment for 3 days a week, on alternate days and totally 10 sessions. Patients will be asked not to use analgesic medication throughout the treatment period.

Interventions

HILT

HILT will be performed with BTL 6000 High Intensity Laser (London, UK) which is a therapeutic non-invasive neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet laser that has a pulsating waveform and 1064 nm wavelength, 12 Watt maximum power and has the ability to penetrate 12 cm.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

HILT & EXERCISE

HILT\&Exercise group will receive exercise therapy right after they receive HILT. Both groups will receive treatment for 3 days a week, on alternate days and totally 10 sessions. Patients will be asked not to use analgesic medication throughout the treatment period.

Intervention Type: COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Other Intervention Names

BTL 6000 High Intensity Laser (London, UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed as SIS (≥3 positive of 5 impingement tests: Neer's sign, Hawkins and Kennedy, Empty Can, painful arc of abduction and external rotation resistance tests)
• No history of shoulder injury and/or shoulder symptoms requiring treatment other than SIS for the last 1 year
• Shoulder pain less than 7/10 of Visual Analogue Scale
• Being able to elevate the shoulder over 140 degrees

Exclusion Criteria

• History of upper extremity fracture, shoulder surgery
• Frozen shoulder
• Full-thickness rotator cuff (RC) tear
• Shoulder instability, systemic musculoskeletal disease
• Shoulder pain with cervical spine motion,
• Having any of the contraindications of HILT.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Scientific Research Projects

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Dokuz Eylul University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Seda Paskal

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Sevgi Sevi Yeşilyaprak, Assoc. Prof. PT.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dokuz Eylul University

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Other Identifiers

1495-GOA 2015/23-30

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id