The effect of high-intensity versus low-level laser therapy in the management of plantar fasciitis: randomized participant blind controlled trial
Naruseviciute D, Kubilius R
Clinical rehabilitation · 26 citas
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- Diseño
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- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación independiente
- Gobierno
- Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba
- Universidad u hospital
- Lietuvos Mokslų Akademija
- Gobierno
- lietuvos mokslo taryba
- Universidad u hospital
- lietuvos mokslų akademija
Según 4 financiadores declarados.
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2020-06-08 · Clin Rehabil · vol. 34 · número 8 · págs. 1072–1082
- Editorial
- SAGE Publishing
- Citado
- 34 citas · más que el 84% de estudios similares · 1.6× el promedio de su campo
- Referencias
- 34 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (revista híbrida) · CC-BY-NC
- Áreas de investigación
- Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine · Tendon Structure and Treatment · Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Palabras clave
- plantar fasciitis, high-intensity laser therapy, low-level laser therapy, laser treatment efficacy, heel pain, plantar fascia thickness, pressure algometry, pain threshold, patient satisfaction
- MeSH
- humans, fasciitis, plantar, ultrasonography, pain measurement, treatment outcome, adult, aged, middle aged, female, male, visual analog scale, patient outcome assessment, low-level light therapy
2 autores
- Dovilė Naruševičiūtė🇱🇹 · autor de correspondenciaLithuanian University of Health Sciences
- Raimondas Kubilius🇱🇹Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Resumen
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Objectives
To evaluate and compare the efficacy of high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) and low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for plantar fasciitis.
Design
A participant blind randomized controlled trial with parallel group design and an active comparator with follow-up at four weeks.
Settings
Outpatient, University hospital.
Subjects
Unilateral plantar fasciitis participants (n = 102) were randomly assigned into two groups. Recruitment period was from January 2017 to April 2019.
Interventions
Interventions included eight sessions of laser therapy over three weeks and single session of patient education. The HILT group (n = 51) received HILT and the LLLT group (n = 51) received LLLT.
Main measures
Primary outcomes: visual analogue scale; secondary outcomes: pressure algometry, sonography of plantar fascia thickness (time frame: baseline to three-week and four-week follow-up) and numeric rating scale (0%-100%) for opinion of participants on effect of treatment (time frame: three weeks). Data presented: mean (SD) or n (%).
Results
There was no statistically significant difference between the groups according to visual analogue scale (pain in general reduction in three weeks: 2.57(3.45) vs. 2.88(3.28) cm), pressure algometry (pain threshold difference between healthy and affected heel reduction in three weeks: 1.80(6.39) vs. 1.77(2.85) kg) and sonography measurements (plantar fascia thickness difference between healthy and affected heel reduction in three weeks: 0.19(0.56) vs. 0.30(0.57) mm). There was a statistically significant difference between the groups in participants' opinion in favor to HILT group (efficacy of treatment better than 50%: 26(51%) vs. 37(73%)).
Conclusion
No statistically significant difference between groups was observed.
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