Combined therapy with magneto, laser and exercises in shoulder tendinitis. Integral Rehabilitation Service José Jacinto Milanes. June 2007-June 2008

Abstract

Magnetotherapy, although it has been used for different orthopaedic diseases, has not been used in tendinitis associated to the laser and therapeutic exercises; therefore we made an explicative, experimental study, type therapeutic clinical trial, to state the efficacy of this therapy in patients with tendinitis at the Integral Rehabilitation Service Jose Jacinto Milanes. Two groups of 42 patients were formed, an experimental one with local application of pulsated magnetic fields, punctual laser in the pain zone and in the Ig4, Ig11 and Ig15 acupunctural points, besides an exercises program and mechanic therapy during three weeks, and another one with conventional treatment and exercises. The studied groups were characterized from the socio-demographic and clinical point of view. We used the functional assessment scale of the shoulder, exploring four aspects: pain, join mobility, muscular strength and global function before, during and after treatment in both groups, and at the end we made a final evaluation to determine the treatment efficacy. There was a predominance of the male genre patients, aged more than 40 years, mainly 50-60 years. The most frequent diagnosis was supraspinous tendinitis, followed by bicipital tendinitis. We made a percentual comparison at the beginning and at the end in both groups. All the parameters evaluated in the functional assessment scale of the shoulder showed improvement with the indicated treatment, and the achieved results showed the efficacy of the applied treatment.