Effects of high intensity laser therapy on pain and function of patients with chronic back pain
| Autor: | Jioun Choi, Jongmin Lee, Byung-Kon Kim, Gook-Joo Kim, Sangyong Lee, Kwansub Lee, Hyeun-Woo Choi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Functional evaluation
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Visual analogue scale High intensity Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Low back pain Intensity (physics) Oswestry Disability Index High intensity laser therapy 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Laser therapy Physical therapy Back pain Medicine Original Article medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Oswestry disability index |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Physical Therapy Science |
| ISSN: | 0915-5287 |
| Popis: | [Purpose] This study examined the effects of High Intensity Laser Therapy on pain and function of patients with chronic back pain. [Subjects and Methods] This study evenly divided a total of 20 patients with chronic back pain into a conservative physical therapy group that received conservative physical therapy, and a high intensity laser therapy group that received High Intensity Laser Therapy after conservative physical therapy. All patients received the therapy three times a week for four weeks. For the high intensity laser therapy group, treatment was applied to the L1-L5 and S1 regions for 10 minutes by using a high intensity laser device while vertically maintaining the separation distance from handpiece to skin at approximately 1 cm. A visual analog scale was used to measure the pain and Oswestry Disability Index was used for functional evaluation. [Results] In a within-group comparison of the conservative physical therapy and high intensity laser therapy groups, both the visual analog scale and Oswestry Disability Index significantly decreased. In a between-group comparison after treatment, the high intensity laser therapy group showed a significantly lower visual analog scale and Oswestry Disability Index than the conservative physical therapy group. [Conclusion] High Intensity Laser Therapy can be an effective nonsurgical intervention method for reducing pain and helping the performance of daily routines of patients who have chronic back pain. |
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