Research Article
Volume 7 Issue 5 - March 2020 DOI: 10.19080/JPFMTS.2020.07.555724
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The Effectiveness of Polarized Polychromatic Noncoherent Light (Bioptron Light) In Patients with Chronic Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy. A Clinical sTrial Dimitrios Stasinopoulos1*, Antonis Constantinou2 and Dimitrios Lamnisos3 1
Departmen of Physiotherapy, University of West Attica, Greece
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Department of Health Sciences, European University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Submission: March 02, 2020; Published: March 11, 2020
*Corresponding author: Dimitrios Stasinopoulos, Department of Physiotherapy, University of West Attica, Faculty of Health and Caring Sciences, Member of Laboratory of Neuromuscular & Cardiovascular Study of Motion (LANECASM), Agiou Spyridonos 28, Egaleo 12243, Athens, Greece
Abstract The aim of the present clinical trial was to compare the clinical results of the use of an exercise program with those of an exercise program and polarized polychromatic noncoherent light (Bioptron light) in patients with chronic rotator cuff tendinopathy. Patients were allocated to two groups by drawing lots. Pain, function and strength were measured. An exercise program and polarized polychromatic noncoherent light (Bioptron light), had reduced the pain and improved function and strength in patients with chronic rotator cuff tendinopathy at the end of the treatment and at the follow-ups. Future well-designed randomized controlled clinical trials are needed to establish the effectiveness of polarized polychromatic noncoherent light (Bioptron light) in the management of chronic rotator cuff tendinopathy. Keywords: Bioptron light; Polychromatic; Chronic rotator cuff; Tendinopathy; Supraspinatus; Lateral epicondylitis; Physiotherapy treatments; Electrotherapeutic modalities; Exercise programs, Soft tissue manipulation; Manual techniques; Bioptron light; Bioptron, Wollerau
Introduction Tendinopathies are not only common among professional and recreational sports players but also among people in general, especially those in jobs that involve manual labour. Tendinopathies may affect a variety of tendons including Achilles, patellar, rotator cuff (mainly supraspinatus) and extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB, commonly referred to as tennis elbow and /or lateral epicondylitis (LE)). Rotator cuff tendinopathy (RCT) is the most common tendinopathy in the shoulder area and one of the two most common tendinopathies of the upper limb. Pain and decreased function are the main symptoms of RCT. Diagnosis is simple. The symptoms are reproduced by overhead activities; palpation on the site of pain; clinical tests such as Hawkins & Neer [1]. Μany clinicians advocate a conservative approach as the choice of treatment for chronic RCT. Chronic RCT is degenerative or failed healing tendon response rather than inflammatory. Physiotherapy is a conservative treatment that is J Phy Fit Treatment & Sportsl 7(5): JPFMTS.MS.ID.555724 (2020)
usually recommended. Α wide array of physiotherapy treatments has been recommended for the management of chronic RCT such as electrotherapeutic modalities, exercise programs, soft tissue manipulation, and manual techniques. These treatments have different theoretical mechanisms of action, but all have the same aim, to reduce pain and improve function. Such a variety of treatment options suggests that the optimal treatment strategy is not known, and more research is needed to discover the most effective treatment in patients with tendinopathy. One of the most common physiotherapy treatments for tendinopathy is an exercise program. One consisting of strengthening and static stretching exercises has shown good clinical results in tendinopathies such as chronic RCT. Although an exercise program is an effective treatment approach, a supplement to the exercise program should be found to reduce the treatment period. One such modality is the 001