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Effect of High-intensity Laser Therapy on Supraspinatus Tendon Elasticity

NCT06514105 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2025-07-10

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Summary

Subacromial impingement syndrome, one of the most common causes of shoulder pain. In studies investigating the effectiveness of high-intensity laser in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome, it was stated that high-intensity laser reduced the complaints of patients in the early and late periods. However, there is no research examining the effect of high-intensity laser on the supraspinatus tendon. Therefore, the investigators aimed to investigate the effect of high-intensity laser on the supraspinatus tendon using shear wave elastography.

Conditions

  • Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Physiotherapy program

All patients participating in the study will be included in the physiotherapy program. Physiotherapy program consist of hot-pack (for 15 minutes), ultrasound (Continuous ultrasound, for 5 minutes, 1-MHZ 1.5W/cm2, a 5-cm ultrasound head on the subacromial region),TENS (for 20 minutes with the BTL 4000 combined device) and exercise program (Stretching exercises for the rotator cuff, rhomboid muscles, levator scapula, serratus anterior and pectoaral muscles and strengthening the muscles around the shoulder with a resistance exercise band selected in a color appropriate to the patient's strength).

OTHER

High intensity laser

High intensity laser will be applied using the BTL-6000 (BTL Company, UK) device. The first 5 sessions will be applied to the painful area by making circular movements from the center to the outside for 100 seconds at a power of 10W and a dose of 10 J/cm2 (analgesic effect). The last 5 sessions will be applied to the painful area with linear movements at 4W power and 100 J/cm2 dose (biostimulation effect) for 10 minutes and 25 seconds.

OTHER

Sham high intensity laser

In sham application, the patient will be positioned on the treatment stretcher and the device will be turned on. The guide light of the high-intensity laser device, which gives the same color as the laser light, will be applied to the subacromial region in circular movements from outside to inside and from inside to outside.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Adiyaman University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Esin Akbaş · Adiyaman University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-22
Primary Completion
2025-02-17
Completion
2025-03-03

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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