Journal of Advances in Medical and Biomedical Research

en Effects of High Power Laser Therapy on Clinical and Sonographic Findings in People with Chronic Rotator Cuff Tendinitis Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine کارآزمایی بالینی Clinical Trials Background and Objective: High power laser therapy (HPLT) seems to be a new modality to possibly manage rotator cuff tendinitis.The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of HPLT on clinical and sonographic findings in people with chronic rotator cuff tendinitis. Materials and Methods: Thirty-two people suffering from rotator cuff tendinitis participated in this study. The patients  were  randomly assigned to the control group (n=16) that received routine physiotherapy including Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), ultrasound, hot pack, exercise consisting range of motion, pendulum, strengthening, and stability exercises, or the treatment group (n=16) that received routine physiotherapy and HPLT in the painful area of the shoulder (12 sessions) Clinical and functional findings including pain, shoulder range of motion, shoulder disability, and sub-acromial liquid were measured using the visual analog scale, goniometry, questionnaire, and sonography, respectively before and after treatment. Results: Pain, active and passive range of motion, shoulder disability and sub-acromial fluid accumulation were significantly different in both groups and improved, but no difference was reported in the thickness of the rotator cuff tendon, especially the supraspinatus tendon. The improvement was more significant (pain reduction and sub-acromial liquid, increase in range of motion and level of function) in the treatment group than in the control group (P <0.05). Conclusion: HPLT combined with the routine physiotherapy improve the clinical as well as sonography findings including supraspinatus tendon thickness and accumulation of sub-acromial fluid in people with rotator cuff tendinitis compared with those in the control group. Laser Therapy, Rotator Cuff, Tendonitis 541 548 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-6548-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Morteza Beyrami morteza.beyrami.pt@gmail.com 5200319475328460079110 5200319475328460079110 No Dept. of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Abbas Soltani ab.soltani@yahoo.com 5200319475328460079111 5200319475328460079111 No Dept. of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Bina Eftekharsadat binasadat@yahoo.com 5200319475328460079112 5200319475328460079112 No Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Parvin Sarbakhsh p.sarbakhsh@gmail.com 5200319475328460079113 5200319475328460079113 No Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Mehrdad Habibi mehrdadhabibi1387@gmail.com 5200319475328460079114 5200319475328460079114 No Dept. of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Ali E. Oskouei eterafoskouei@tbzmed.ac.ir 5200319475328460079115 5200319475328460079115 Yes Dept. of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran