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Evaluating Light Therapy for Treatment of Overuse Anterior Knee Pain

NCT02845869 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 85

Last updated 2019-08-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

During basic training, 15% of military recruits develop knee pain, which hinders their chance to complete training. Current therapeutic options have had variable levels of success. Light therapy was shown to reduce pain in chronic inflammatory related knee pathology. The current clinical study is designed to evaluate light therapy, as an adjunct to conservative physiotherapy for treatment of acute overuse KP in combat soldiers.

Conditions

  • Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

THOR Laser LX2 System

Treatment session will take up to 25 minutes and will include stimulation of local lymph nodes and soft tissue, de-activation of trigger points, and eliciting analgesia.

DEVICE

Sham Therapy

The therapeutic light will be turned off but the system will produce similar noises and mild heat.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Yair Barzilay, MD · Shaare Zedek Hospital

  • Lilach Gavish, PhD · HUJI

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-01
Primary Completion
2018-11-18
Completion
2019-02-01

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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