| Research
Shows 830Laser Is Successful In Treating Painful Osteoarthritis
In The Knee - Gur
et. al. (2003)
Arthritis Pain Relief
Osteoarthritis
Study In
2003 a doubled blind, randomized, 14-week controlled study was
conducted on 90 patients needing arthritis pain relief. Each group
was randomly placed into one of three treatment groups. The purpose
of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the gallium,
aluminum, arsenide diode laser (830Laser) in treating arthritis
pain in the knee.
The
three arthritis pain treatment groups were treated as follows:
Group A received 10 830laser treatments of 5 minutes each over
a two-week period of time. Group B received the same number of
treatments for arthritis pain relief over the same period only
the treatments were only 3 minutes in length. Group C was the
control and received treatment from a placebo laser for the same
time period.
There
were 30 patients in each group each experiencing similar needs
for arthritis pain relief. All patients received a total of 10
laser treatments (over 2 weeks) and 14 weeks of exercise. Follow
up measures 4-8-12 weeks after last laser treatment.
Osteoarthritis Study Results
* Patients in group A (5 min laser treatment)
- Doubled
the painfree walking distance (and time) after treatment
- Reduced
morning joint stiffness from arthritis pain time from 12 to
2 minutes
- Increased
knee flexion by 10 degrees
- Reduced
WOMAC score from 55 to 30
* Group B (3 minute treatment)
- -Improved
but not as much as Group A
* Little arthritis pain relief was noted in the control
Group C
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