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Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Neck and Shoulder Pain in Lactating Women
Sponsor: Cairo University
Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of laser acupuncture on neck and shoulder pain in lactating women.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
20 Years - 40 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
44
Start Date
2025-07-25
Completion Date
2025-10-25
Last Updated
2025-07-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Postural correction exercise
Each participant will be given cervical thoracic spine correction exercises in the form of thoracic Roll Stretching Exercises, shoulder Bracing (Shoulder Retraction), superman Pose, chin Tuck (Cervical Retraction), five days a week for 4 weeks
Laser acupuncture
A dermatograph pencil (COLOURED®) will be used to draw circles with diameters of 2 cm around the application points. Each point will be stimulated for 30 seconds. The laser will be placed at the specific acupuncture points in shoulder and cervical regions. Each woman in the study group will be treated by laser acupuncture for 7 minutes twice a week for 4 weeks. Acupuncture points of the neck: B10 (Tianzhu), GB 20 (Fengchi), GB 21 (jianjing), and EX-HN15 (jianzhongsgu). Acupuncture points of shoulder: LI 14 (Binao), LI 15 (Jianyu), TE 14 (Jianlio), LI 4 (Hegu),LI16 (Jugu), ST 38 (Tiaoko), SI 10 (Naoshu),LI 11 (Quchi),TE 15 (Tianliao),LU 1 (Zhongfu), Parameter of laser: wavelength: 808\[nm\], Operating mode: Continuous wave, Output power: 100 \[mW\], Power density: 333\[mW/cm\], area irradiated:0.3 cm2, Total time per point: 30\[s\], Angle of application:90 degree.
Locations (1)
Yara Mokhtar Abd El-Latif
Cairo, Egypt