"THE EFFECTS OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY VERSUS STRAIN/COUNTER STRAIN TECHNIQUE IN ACUTE SOFT TISSUE INJURIES"

Muscle strain injuries are common in sports but are often misdiagnosed and maltreated.

Their significance is often underestimated because most athletes can continue their daily activities soon after the injury. Proximal hamstrings strains have attracted greater attention because they have a high incidence which is approximately 42%.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Hamstring Injury; Strain Counter Strain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: physical therapy

Detailed Description

it will be randomized control trial with 60 patients with Acute hamstring Injuries divided into 3 groups. One group will be given Laser therapy, 2nd will be given Strain/Counter Strain technique and 3rd will be given both the techniques in combination This study will be conducted in Rehabilitation setup of Pakistan Hockey Federation Lahore, and Institute of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Center Garden Town Lahore. Non probability Convenience Sampling technique will be utilized

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Punjab
    • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 44950
      • Dr Adnan

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years to 32 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

hamstring injury patient with grade 2 or 1 both male and female local tenderness on palpation pain with resisted knee flexion pain with resisted hip extension pain on stretching of effected area

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient with fracture
• patient with grade 3 orthopedic condition like ankylosing spondylitis medically unstable

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: laser; athletes with acute soft tissue injuries will be recruited in the study , patients will be treated using the the laser therapy	Other: physical therapy; both are physical therapy intervention technique used to treat the soft tissue acute injuries
Experimental: strain/counter strain; athletes with acute soft tissue injuries will be treated with with strain counter strain technique	Other: physical therapy; both are physical therapy intervention technique used to treat the soft tissue acute injuries
Experimental: combination therapy; combination of laser therapy along with strain counter strain technique to visualize the effect the	Other: physical therapy; both are physical therapy intervention technique used to treat the soft tissue acute injuries

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
visual analogue scale	to measure pain scale will be used consisting of digits from 0 to 10	5 days
FASH questionaire	hamstring injury and funtional capacity of hamstring	5 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Isra University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): March 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): July 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 23, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 23, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): January 25, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 25, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 23, 2019
• Last Verified: January 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Soft Tissue Injuries; Sprains and Strains
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1609MPHILSMMPT002

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No