High Intensity Laser versus Low Intensity Pulse Ultrasound on Pain, Range of motion, Posi-tion Sense and Function in Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized c

High Intensity Laser versus Low Intensity Pulse Ultrasound on Pain, Range of motion, Position Sense and Function in Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201806003443167

Enrollment

Registered

2018-06-02

Start date

2017-04-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-27

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases Osteoarthritis Orthopaedics

Interventions

Selected exercise program

High intensity laser plus a selected exercise program

Low intensity pulsed ultrasound plus a selected exercise program

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: We recruited 84 participants who visit the outpatient clinic regularly for physical therapy treatment, 10 of them were not matched to the inclusion criteria and 4 did not agreed to be continue participation in the study. 70 participants were eligible; 30 male and 40 female, their ages ranged from 25 to 45 years. They were simply randomized and assigned to three groups; randomization was implemented by means of a computer-generated randomized table using the SPSS program (IBM, USA) prepared in advance to data collec¬tion. A certain identification number was assigned for every participant. These numbers were randomized into three groups. Individual and sequentially numbered index cards were secured in opaque envelopes. Each participant was given a hand-picked envelope and was relocated accordingly to their treatment groups. The 3 groups were: HILT group consisted of 25 participants (13 females and 12 males) received HILT plus selected exercises, the LIPUS group consisted of 23 participants (14 females and 9 males) received LIPUS and the selected exercises, or the control group consisted of 22 participants (13 females and 9 males) received exercises only.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects were excluded if they had: acute infective arthritis rheumatoid arthritis any other type of arthritis history of recent knee trauma unreliable patients mentally or physically metabolic disorders fibromyalgia or other chronic pain syndromes; patient put on anti-coagulant/anti-platelet therapy; arthroscopy or invasive knee surgeries in the previous 3 months.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
VAS scores (pain), range of motion and proprioceptive accuracy.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Functional disability of the knee joint	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactSoheir Samaan

Assistant professor, Basic science department, faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University.

soheirsamaan@yahoo.com01224003374

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026