"THE EFFECTS OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY VERSUS STRAIN/COUNTER STRAIN TECHNIQUE IN ACUTE SOFT TISSUE INJURIES"

Hamstring Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

"THE EFFECTS OF LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY VERSUS STRAIN/COUNTER STRAIN TECHNIQUE IN ACUTE SOFT TISSUE INJURIES"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03816826
• Other study ID #: 1609MPHILSMMPT002
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: Isra University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Muscle strain injuries are common in sports but are often misdiagnosed and maltreated.

Their significance is often underestimated because most athletes can continue their daily activities soon after the injury. Proximal hamstrings strains have attracted greater attention because they have a high incidence which is approximately 42%.

Description:

it will be randomized control trial with 60 patients with Acute hamstring Injuries divided into 3 groups. One group will be given Laser therapy, 2nd will be given Strain/Counter Strain technique and 3rd will be given both the techniques in combination This study will be conducted in Rehabilitation setup of Pakistan Hockey Federation Lahore, and Institute of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Center Garden Town Lahore. Non probability Convenience Sampling technique will be utilized

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 32 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

hamstring injury patient with grade 2 or 1 both male and female local tenderness on palpation pain with resisted knee flexion pain with resisted hip extension pain on stretching of effected area

Exclusion Criteria:

• patient with fracture

• patient with grade 3 orthopedic condition like ankylosing spondylitis medically unstable

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hamstring Injury
• Soft Tissue Injuries
• Sprains and Strains
• Strain Counter Strain
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Other:
• physical therapy
both are physical therapy intervention technique used to treat the soft tissue acute injuries

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Dr Adnan	Lahore	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Isra University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	visual analogue scale	to measure pain scale will be used consisting of digits from 0 to 10	5 days
Primary	FASH questionaire	hamstring injury and funtional capacity of hamstring	5 days