To unlock this feature and to subscribe to our weekly evidence emails, please create a FREE orthoEvidence account.

SIGNUP

Already Have an Account?

Loading...
Visit our Evidence-Based Covid-19 Website and Stay Up to Date with the latest Research.
Ace Report Cover

High-intensity laser therapy provides superior functional and pain outcomes for SAIS

Download
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Share
Reprints
Cite This
About
+ Favorites
Ace Report Cover
May 2013

High-intensity laser therapy provides superior functional and pain outcomes for SAIS

Vol: 2| Issue: 4| Number:119| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Short-term effects of high-intensity laser therapy versus ultrasound therapy in the treatment of people with subacromial impingement syndrome: a randomized clinical trial

Phys Ther. 2009 Jul;89(7):643-52. Epub 2009 May 29.

Contributing Authors:
A Santamato V Solfrizzi F Panza G Tondi V Frisardi BG Leggin M Ranieri P Fiore

Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here

Synopsis

70 patients with subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS) were randomized to receive either high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) treatment or ultrasound (US) treatment. This study compared the short term effectiveness of these two treatments in reducing SAIS pain. The results from this trial indicated that HILT provided greater reductions in pain and improvements in articular movement when compared ...

CME Image

Did you know that you’re eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report!

LEARN MORE

Join the Conversation

Please Login or Join to leave comments.

Learn about our AI Driven
High Impact Search Feature

High Impact Icon

Our AI driven High Impact metric calculates the impact an article will have by considering both the publishing journal and the content of the article itself. Built using the latest advances in natural language processing, OE High Impact predicts an article’s future number of citations better than impact factor alone.

Continue