Evaluation of the efficiency of laser acupuncture in management of chronic lateral epicondylitis in adolescents | ||
| Journal of the Arab Society for Medical Research | ||
| Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 31-36 PDF (710.36 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.4103/jasmr.jasmr_5_24 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background/aim Lateral epicondylitis known frequently as tennis elbow, is a common disease affecting the elbow joint. It affects 1 to 3% of the population yearly especially individuals in their forties, although the pain has usually a gradual onset, it may occur abruptly. Laser acupuncture is a complementary modality that is used to stimulate the acupoints by low-power laser beam instead of the traditional needles. The present study aims to evaluate the efficiency of laser acupuncture in the management of chronic lateral epicondylitis in adolescents. Patient and methods This study is a randomized controlled trial study on sixty adolescent patients with lateral epicondylitis visiting the acupuncture and laser clinic in excellence Medical Centre, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, during the first of November 2023 till the end of January 2024. The patients were divided into two groups (30 each). The first group was subjected to low-power laser and brufen 400 mg twice daily for 4 weeks, while the patients in the second group were given just the same dose of brufen and used as a control. Pain score, patient rated elbow score, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured before and after the end of treatment. IL-6 was measured by Elisa techniques. Results The present study exhibited insignificant differences (P>0.05) between the studied groups of adolescents with chronic lateral epicondylitis regarding pain score and Patient elbow score before intervention and then it became significantly lower (P<0.05) in both groups group at the end of treatment with Laser and brufen or without Laser. However, adolescent patients subjected to laser and brufen exhibited more reduction (P<0.01) than in the control group treated with brufen only. In addition, the levels of IL-6 exhibited more reduction in the Laser group (P<0.01) than in the control group. Conclusion Low-power laser is efficient in pain reduction and improvement of elbow joint function when 200 mw power, continuous wave, and 12 Joules energy is applied on each acupoint in chronic lateral epicondylitis adolescent patients. | ||
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