Myofascial release versus cold laser in the treatment of low back dysfunction trigger points /
Mohammed Helmy Abdo Abdelhamid
Myofascial release versus cold laser in the treatment of low back dysfunction trigger points / التليين الشغثي العضلي بالمقارنة بالليزر البارد في علاج نقاط الألم المصاحبة لآلام الظهر Mohammed Helmy Abdo Abdelhamid ; Supervised Ragia Mohammed Kamel , Yosry Mahmod Mostafa , Ahmed Taha Farrag - Cairo : Mohammed Helmy Abdo Abdelhamid , 2016 - 80 P. : facesimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science
Background: Low back dysfunction is one of the most common reasons for which patients seek treatment. Purpose: To compare between the effects of cold LASER therapy and myofascial release technique for treatment of trigger points that accompany low back dysfunction; as regards to pain improvement, tenderness and mobility enhancement. Subjects, Materials and Methods: Thirty low back dysfunction patients were randomly assigned to two groups. Group A: 15 subjects received myofascial release treatment in addition to traditional treatment and their ( ± SD) of age, weight, height, and BMI were (45.33 ± 8.64) years, (78 ± 4.68) kg, (168.4 ± 6.76) cm and (27.63 ± 2.69) kg/m² respectively. As for Group B : 15 subjects received cold LASER therapy in addition to traditional treatment and their ( ± SD) of age, weight, height, and BMI were (46.27 ± 8.06) years, (79.07 ± 8.41) kg, (169.4± 6.75) cm and (27.6 ± 3.1) kg/m² respectively. Both groups received 3 sessions weekly for 12 sessions (4 weeks). Data collected from both groups before and after the treatment program included pain measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), tenderness measured by hand-held force algometer and mobility measured by Modified Modified Schober test. Results: results demonstrated that the pre-post treatment measurements of the dependent variables showed a significant improvement in both groups. Meanwhile, results suggested a significant difference between the post-treatment measurements of both groups, which was in favor of group A and the p-values of pain, tenderness and mobility were 0.0001, 0.006 and 0.0001 respectively
LASER therapy Low back dysfunction Tenderness
Myofascial release versus cold laser in the treatment of low back dysfunction trigger points / التليين الشغثي العضلي بالمقارنة بالليزر البارد في علاج نقاط الألم المصاحبة لآلام الظهر Mohammed Helmy Abdo Abdelhamid ; Supervised Ragia Mohammed Kamel , Yosry Mahmod Mostafa , Ahmed Taha Farrag - Cairo : Mohammed Helmy Abdo Abdelhamid , 2016 - 80 P. : facesimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science
Background: Low back dysfunction is one of the most common reasons for which patients seek treatment. Purpose: To compare between the effects of cold LASER therapy and myofascial release technique for treatment of trigger points that accompany low back dysfunction; as regards to pain improvement, tenderness and mobility enhancement. Subjects, Materials and Methods: Thirty low back dysfunction patients were randomly assigned to two groups. Group A: 15 subjects received myofascial release treatment in addition to traditional treatment and their ( ± SD) of age, weight, height, and BMI were (45.33 ± 8.64) years, (78 ± 4.68) kg, (168.4 ± 6.76) cm and (27.63 ± 2.69) kg/m² respectively. As for Group B : 15 subjects received cold LASER therapy in addition to traditional treatment and their ( ± SD) of age, weight, height, and BMI were (46.27 ± 8.06) years, (79.07 ± 8.41) kg, (169.4± 6.75) cm and (27.6 ± 3.1) kg/m² respectively. Both groups received 3 sessions weekly for 12 sessions (4 weeks). Data collected from both groups before and after the treatment program included pain measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), tenderness measured by hand-held force algometer and mobility measured by Modified Modified Schober test. Results: results demonstrated that the pre-post treatment measurements of the dependent variables showed a significant improvement in both groups. Meanwhile, results suggested a significant difference between the post-treatment measurements of both groups, which was in favor of group A and the p-values of pain, tenderness and mobility were 0.0001, 0.006 and 0.0001 respectively
LASER therapy Low back dysfunction Tenderness