Efficacy of 904 nm gallium arsenide low level laser therapy in the management of chronic myofascial pain in the neck: a double-blind and randomize-controlled trial
Gur A, Sarac AJ, Cevik R, Altindag O, Sarac S
Lasers in surgery and medicine · 130 citas
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Publicación
- Publicado
- 2004-09-01 · Lasers Surg Med · vol. 35 · número 3 · págs. 229–235
- Editorial
- Wiley
- Citado
- 233 citas · más que el 96% de estudios similares · 5.9× el promedio de su campo
- Impacto
- Entre el 10 % más citado de su campo
- Referencias
- 43 trabajos
- Acceso
- De pago
- Áreas de investigación
- Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine · Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment · Pain Management and Treatment
- Palabras clave
- low-level laser therapy, gallium arsenide laser, 904 nm laser, chronic myofascial pain, neck pain, trigger points, quality of life, analgesia, placebo laser, depression, functional capacity
- MeSH
- neck, humans, myofascial pain syndromes, chronic disease, treatment outcome, prospective studies, double-blind method, recovery of function, quality of life, adult, female, male, low-level light therapy
5 autores
- Ali Gür🇹🇷 · autor de correspondenciaDicle University
- Ayşegül Jale Saraç🇹🇷Dicle University
- Remzi Çevik🇹🇷Dicle University
- Özlem Altındağ🇹🇷Dicle University
- Serdar Saraç
Resumen
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Background and objectives
A prospective, double-blind, randomized, and controlled trial was conducted in patients with chronic myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) in the neck to evaluate the effects of infrared low level 904 nm Gallium-Arsenide (Ga-As) laser therapy (LLLT) on clinical and quality of life (QoL).
Study design/patients and methods
The study group consisted of 60 MPS patients. Patients were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: Group I (actual laser; 30 patients) and Group II (placebo laser; 30 patients). LLLT continued daily for 2 weeks except weekends. Follow-up measures were evaluated at baseline, 2, 3, and 12 weeks. All patients were evaluated with respect to pain at rest, pain at movement, number of trigger points (TP), the Neck Pain and Disability Visual Analog Scale (NPAD), Beck depression Inventory (BDI), and the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP).
Results
In active laser group, statistically significant improvements were detected in all outcome measures compared with baseline (P < 0.01) while in the placebo laser group, significant improvements were detected in only pain score at rest at the 1 week later of the end of treatment. The score for self-assessed improvement of pain was significantly different between the active and placebo laser groups (63 vs. 19%) (P < 0.01).
Conclusion
This study revealed that short-period application of LLLT is effective in pain relief and in the improvement of functional ability and QoL in patients with MPS.
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