Effect of Two Different Modes of Polarized Polychromatic Non-coherent Light Therapy on Jumper's Knee

NCT ID: NCT06306664

Last Updated: 2024-03-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-01

Brief Summary

The purposes of this study are:

1. To examine the combined effects of Yellow CPPNLT and conventional treatment on pain intensity, pain pressure threshold, functional disability, and muscle strength in athletic jumper knee.

2. To examine the combined effects of Green CPPNLT and conventional treatment on pain intensity, pain pressure threshold, functional disability, and muscle strength in athletic jumper knee.

3 3- To compare between the effects of Yellow CPPNLT and Green CPPNLT on pain intensity, pain pressure threshold, functional disability, and muscle strength in athletic jumper knee.

Detailed Description

Jumper's knee is an overuse injury of the tendon that alters the knee due to repeated stress of activities. Symptoms include pain in the front of the knee. The tears are typically caused by accumulated stress on the patellar or quadriceps tendon. As the name implies, the condition is common in athletes from jumping sports, where there is a high demand for the speed and power of leg extensors. These sports often lead to high eccentric quadriceps loadings, such as volleyball, track (long and high jump), basketball, long-distance running, and skiing. The prevalence of jumper knee is not well examined so far. For non-elite adult athletes the prevalence varies between 14.4% and 2.5% for different sports.Only 2.4% of adolescent professional soccer players sustain PT. However, knee pain, focal tenderness or even acute episodes of PT have a major impact on each player's development, time off the pitch, and career.Bioptron was used for treatment of arthritis, neck&back pain by stimulating blood circulation, reducing inflammation and relieving muscle spasm. There are some studies that have discussed the extent of the effect of the Bioptron Light Therapy on musculoskeletal disorders such as; rotator cuff tendinitis, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, acute patellar tendinopathy and acute ankle sprain. There is a lack of the evidence of the clinical guidelines of patellar tendinitis. Up to our knowledge, there is no clear recommendation about efficiency of different colors of Bioptron light therapy on jumper knee. So; this study will be conducted to determine efficiency of yellow and green colors of polychromatic non-coherent light. Sixty subjects will participate in this study and will be divided randomly into three equal groups.Group A (Study group): Will receive green filter of bioptron light therapy and conventional treatment for jumper knee,group B (Study group): Will receive yellow filter of bioptron light therapy and conventional treatment for jumper knee and group C (Control group): Will receive conventional treatment (ice application+ exercise program) for jumper knee.

Conditions

Jumper's Knee

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Group A

the patients will receive green filter of bioptron light therapy and conventional treatment((ice application+ exercise program)) for jumper knee three times a week for four weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Bioptron

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Bioptron safely treats arthritis, neck \& back pain by stimulating blood circulation, reducing inflammation and relieving muscle spasms. For just ten minutes per day, our life-transforming technology offers the highest levels of pain relief by reaching deep into joints, muscles and ligaments.

Group B

the patients will receive yellow filter of bioptron light therapy and conventional treatment for jumper knee three times a week for four weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Bioptron

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Bioptron safely treats arthritis, neck \& back pain by stimulating blood circulation, reducing inflammation and relieving muscle spasms. For just ten minutes per day, our life-transforming technology offers the highest levels of pain relief by reaching deep into joints, muscles and ligaments.

Control group

the patients will receive conventional treatment (ice application+ exercise program) for jumper knee three times a week for four weeks.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo Comparator

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients will receive ice application+Exercises program designed for jumper knee

Interventions

Bioptron

Bioptron safely treats arthritis, neck \& back pain by stimulating blood circulation, reducing inflammation and relieving muscle spasms. For just ten minutes per day, our life-transforming technology offers the highest levels of pain relief by reaching deep into joints, muscles and ligaments.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Placebo Comparator

Patients will receive ice application+Exercises program designed for jumper knee

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Polarized Polychromatic Non-Coherent Light; Hyperlight

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• History of Patellar tendinitis and anterior knee pain.
• Age will be ranged from 15 to 35 years.
• Both genders.
• The onset of pain for over 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria

• Knee surgery within the previous 6 months.
• Chronic joint diseases.
• Corticosteroid injection in the patellar tendon within the previous 3 months.
• Use of drugs 48 hours previously (e.g., NSAIDs).
• Any other concomitant treatment for PT.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mahmoud Shahien

physiotherapist specialist

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Adel R Ahmed, PHD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Cairo University

Locations

Physical Therapy

Giza, Dokki, Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

PT.REC/012/004881

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id