Status:
COMPLETED
High Intensity Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Conditions:
Hemiplegia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
High intensity laser therapy (HILT) has been considered as a treatment option for shoulder pain. To our knowledge, the effectiveness of HILT in patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) with partia...
Detailed Description
The study was designed as prospective, randomized, controlled trial. Patients with HSP accompanied by PTRCT (n=44) were randomly assigned to HILT and control groups. Group 1 (HILT group, n=22) receive...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with HSP (at least 4/10 points from VAS) aged 18-75 years with hemiplegia duration\> 6 months, suffered a stroke resulting in unilateral hemiplegia for the first time, and who had partial thickness RCT after ultrasonographic evaluation due to shoulder pain
Exclusion
- Cases who had inflammatory rheumatic disease, cervical radiculopathy, diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease, coronary heart disease, cardiac pace-maker, neurological disease, shoulder surgery, and shoulder injection in the last 3 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
44 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04669405
Start Date
April 1 2019
End Date
September 1 2020
Last Update
December 17 2020
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Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye), 06800