Adnan Abdelkhalik Atwa Gharib <br/><br/>
Effect of cold laser versus laser puncture on post cervical laminoplasty syndrome /  
 تأثير الليزر البارد مقابل الليزر الوخزى على  متلازمة بعد رأب الصفيحة العنقية  
Adnan Abdelkhalik Atwa Gharib ; Supervised Wadida H. Elsayed , Hassan Husein Ahmad 
 - Cairo :   Adnan Abdelkhalik Atwa Gharib ,   2019 
 - 102 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science  
<br/><br/> Background: Determining appropriate cold laser (CL) type in post cervical laminoplasty syndrome (PCLS) is a key challenge in physical therapy practice facing conflicting results. Purpose: to compare CL with laser puncture (LP) effect on chronic neck pain on patients suffering from PCLS. Methods: Sixty participants suffering from PCLS randomly allocated into three groups. All groups received conventional physical therapy (isometric strengthening and core stabilization) exercises, plus group A received CL (632.8 nm, 24 J/cm²) on tender areas; group B received LP (632.8 nm, 24 J/cm²) over specific acupoints. All groups received fourteen sessions, twice weekly for seven consecutive weeks. All participants underwent three evaluations of chronic neck pain intensity level using pain intensity numerical pain rating scale (NPRS), cervical kinematics using C2-C7 cobb angle as gold method for both cervical sagittal lordotic angle and cervical sagittal range of motion (ROM) and neck disability level using neck pain disability index (NPDI), at the beginning and the end of the study, as well after twelve weeks as a follow up 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Cold laser  Laser puncture  Post cervical laminoplasty syndrome