Effectiveness of Low-intensity Laser on Pain in Patients With Supraspinatus Tendinopathy

NCT07013708 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2025-06-13

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Summary

Tendinopathy is an inflammatory process that occurs in and around the tendon when both are affected by a certain injury. In the case of the supraspinatus muscle it is one of the most frequent causes of shoulder pain. To test the efficacy of laser treatment in reducing shoulder pain caused by supraspinatus muscle tendinopathy. A randomized controlled clinical trial was carried out in which a physiotherapy intervention was performed using therapeutic laser for four weeks, to observe the influence on the pain generated by supraspinatus muscle tendinopathy in the shoulder. A sample of 82 patients was recruited and randomly divided into two groups: experimental group and control group. Laser therapy was applied to the first group and to the second group it was applied as a placebo

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Laser

High frequency laser device

OTHER

Placebo

Same device but without pressing the ON button

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Católica de Ávila

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-01
Primary Completion
2024-11-30
Completion
2025-05-24

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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