Comparison of the effects between lasers applied to myofascial trigger points and to classical acupoints for patients with cervical myofascial pain syndrome
| Autor: | Alice Mk. Wong, Chih-Kuang Chen, Wei-Han Chang, Szu-Heng Wang, Li-Wen Tu, Yu-Cheng Pei |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Cervical range of motion medicine.medical_specialty Trigger point therapy Myofascial pain syndrome 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Laser therapy medicine Humans Trial registration Myofascial Pain Syndromes business.industry Myofascial pain Lasers Trigger Points General Medicine medicine.disease 030104 developmental biology Treatment Outcome Pneumothorax 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Visual analogue scale pain score Physical therapy business Acupuncture Points |
| Zdroj: | Biomedical journal. 44(6) |
| ISSN: | 2320-2890 |
| Popis: | To compare the immediate effectiveness of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) applied to classical acupoints versus trigger points for patients with cervical myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).This was a single-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. This study was performed in a university-affiliated medical center. One hundred participants with cervical myofascial pain syndrome were randomly allocated to four treatment groups, including (1) acupoint therapy (AcuT), (2) acupoint control (AcuC), (3) trigger point therapy (TriT), and (4) trigger point control (TriC) groups. Low-level laser (810-nm) therapy was used in both therapy groups, while the same procedure was performed without laser in the acupoint control groups. The patients were evaluated based on visual analogue scale (VAS) pain score, pressure pain threshold, and cervical range of motion (ROM) before and after the therapy.Immediate pain relief was observed in the TriT group (p 0.01). The TriT group showed improved cervical ROM in ipsilateral bending (p 0.01), while the AcuT group did not.LLLT applied to trigger points could significantly relieve myofascial pain and was effective in relieving cervical ROM limitations. Considering the risk of pneumothorax, laser therapy at trigger points for patients with cervical MPS may be a choice when acupuncture therapy is unavailable.ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01516502. |
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