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Low Level Laser Therapy With Physical Therapy for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

NCT02785432 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2020-07-07

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Summary

1. Examine the use of low level therapeutic laser (LLLT) combined with physical therapy for improvements in pain, range of motion, and function in individuals with chronic pain from musculoskeletal conditions.
2. Compare changes in pain, mobility, and ability to return to home/work/recreational activities between treatments with standard physical therapy plus LLLT or the standard physical therapy program alone.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Sham low level laser

Sham laser will be administered using the same time and contact exposure as delivered for the active group, but without any energy delivered.

DEVICE

Active low level laser

Active treatment will be delivered using the time, contact, and energy exposures described in the arm description.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ross Querry, PT, PhD · UT Southwestern

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-11-30
Completion
2016-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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