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Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Neck and Shoulder Pain in Lactating Women

NCT07084415 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2025-07-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of laser acupuncture on neck and shoulder pain in lactating women.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Postural correction exercise

Each participant will be given cervical thoracic spine correction exercises in the form of thoracic Roll Stretching Exercises, shoulder Bracing (Shoulder Retraction), superman Pose, chin Tuck (Cervical Retraction), five days a week for 4 weeks

DEVICE

Laser acupuncture

A dermatograph pencil (COLOURED®) will be used to draw circles with diameters of 2 cm around the application points. Each point will be stimulated for 30 seconds. The laser will be placed at the specific acupuncture points in shoulder and cervical regions. Each woman in the study group will be treated by laser acupuncture for 7 minutes twice a week for 4 weeks. Acupuncture points of the neck: B10 (Tianzhu), GB 20 (Fengchi), GB 21 (jianjing), and EX-HN15 (jianzhongsgu). Acupuncture points of shoulder: LI 14 (Binao), LI 15 (Jianyu), TE 14 (Jianlio), LI 4 (Hegu),LI16 (Jugu), ST 38 (Tiaoko), SI 10 (Naoshu),LI 11 (Quchi),TE 15 (Tianliao),LU 1 (Zhongfu), Parameter of laser: wavelength: 808\[nm\], Operating mode: Continuous wave, Output power: 100 \[mW\], Power density: 333\[mW/cm\], area irradiated:0.3 cm2, Total time per point: 30\[s\], Angle of application:90 degree.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hossam Hussein, Professor · Al-Azhar University

  • Doaa Osman, Professor · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-25
Primary Completion
2025-10-10
Completion
2025-10-25

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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