Effect of High Intensity Laser Versus Plus Exercises

Effectiveness of High Intensity Laser Therapy Plus Therapeutic Interventions in Treatment of Girls Gymnasts With Non-specific Wrist Pain

High-intensity laser therapy (HILT) has been used more recently in the therapeutic protocols of musculoskeletal pain management. This study is conducted to find out the effect of high intensity laser therapy only versus high intensity laser pulse exercises on level of wrist pain, function and Joint position sense in girls Gymnasts

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Effect of High Intensity Laser Plus Exercises on Wrist Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: high intensity laser only; Other: exercise; Other: high intensity laser plus exercise

Detailed Description

Effect of high intensity laser plus exercises on wrist pain ..three groups of gymnastics girls suffer from non specific wrist is allocating ..the first group will receive exercises only , the second will receive laser only while the third will receive exercises plus laser

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 36
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • Hanaa Mohsen

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 10 years to 16 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All girls diagnosed with generalized chronic wrist pain and referred by orthopaedic physician.
• Their age between 10-16 years old
• They will be able to follow instructions.
• All are medically stable

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Bone fractures and tumors.

  • Cases after plastic surgery.
  • Hypertension (due to secondary vasoconstriction)
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Pacemakers

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Laser group; High Intensity Laser Therapy only , this group will receive laser for 4 weeks three times /week	Device: high intensity laser only; high intensity laser only
Other: Exercise group; Exercise , selected physiotherapy exercises will receive for 4 weeks ,3times/week	Other: exercise; exercise only; Other Names: exercise only
Experimental: High intensity laser grouo; High intensity laser plus exercise will receive the selected exercises and laser 4 weeks, 3 times/week	Other: high intensity laser plus exercise; high intensity laser plus exercise

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
PRWE	The PRWE is a 15-item questionnaire that is used to rate wrist outcomes based on patient pain and function and is based on an 11-point (0-10) scale.	pre and post 4 weeks of intervention, decrease score indicate improvement

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
JBS	JPS assesses precision or accuracy in repositioning a joint at a predetermined target angle	pre and post 4 weeks of intervention, decrease score indicate improvement

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Badr University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 25, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 25, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): August 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 7, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 20, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): July 30, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 14, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Hanaa 6

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