Effect of low level laser therapy on type I diabetic cheiroarthropathy / Dina Hamdy Dosoky Mahmoud ; Supervised Manal Salah Eldin Abdelwahab , Sahar Mohamed Nour Eldin

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Dvelopment in Pediatrics

Background: Cheiroarthropathy is one of diabetic complications that has greater impact on the hand performance. Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of low level laser therapy on hand function performance of type I diabetic children with cheiroarthropathy. Subjects and procedures: Forty diabetic boys, suffering from diabetic cheiroarthropathy, aged between 14 to 17 years participated in this study, they were selected from endocrinology department of Benha Teaching hospital from May 2016 to April 2017. They were randomly assigned into two groups of equal number, the first group represented the control group that was treated by a conventional physical therapy exercises program directed towards improving hand function performance, while the other 20 children represented the study group that was treated by the same exercise program given to the control group in addition to 10 min of low level laser therapy. Pinch strength, hand function performance and metacarpophalaneal and interphalangeal joints range of motion were assessed for all children before and after three months. Results: Post treatment results showed a statistically significant difference in pinch strength, hand function performance and range of motion of metacarpophalaneal and interphalangeal joints in favor to the study group (P< 0.05) Conclusion: It could be concluded that laser therapy in addition to physical therapy program is an effective treatment modality in controlling cheiroarthropathy of children with type I diabetes

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