RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Does laser therapy improve pain or pinch strength for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis as an isolated treatment? A randomized controlled trial.
A1 Cantero-Téllez, Raquel
A1 Valdes, Kristin
A1 Villafañe, Jorge Hugo
A1 Medina-Porqueres, Iván
K1 Osteoartritis
K1 Congresos y conferencias
AB Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic and prevalent joint disorder that greatly impacts quality of life and hasa high economic burden on health resources. Although a number of conservative therapies haveproven to be effective for the management of hand OA, only modest treatment effects were reportedfor most individual interventions.The aim of the proposed study is to assess the effect of laser therapy on pain and pinch strength insubjects with thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis (CMC OA)Materials and Methods: 43 patients, (mean ± SD age: 71 ±12 years; 57% female) with the diagnosis of CMC joint OA grade1-2 were randomized to the control (n=21) or experimental (n=23) groups. The primary outcomemeasures were pain intensity [Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)], and the secondary outcome measure waskey pinch strength (dynamometer).The experimental group received laser therapy and control group received a placebo treatment. Alloutcome measures were collected at baseline, immediately following the intervention at 4 weeks, andat 12 weeks following the intervention.Results: The experimental group evidenced a 2-point improvement VAS pain score following the treatment.There was a gain of 0.7 kg of pinch strength in the experimental group following the treatment. Theeffects of both pinch strength gains and pain reduction diminished by the 12 week follow up.Conclusions: High intensity laser therapy effectively decreases pain intensity when used as a isolated treatment forearly CMC OA, but the effect of treatment decreases after 3 months.
YR 2019
FD 2019-06-17
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/17815
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/17815
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026