Photobiomodulation therapy associated with supervised therapeutic exercises for people with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical exercise, a cornerstone of the conservative management of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), is exhaustively recommended by important clinical guidelines. A strength therapeutic exercise program (STEP) relieves pain, improves physical function and ultimately ameliorates quality of life (QoL). Furthermore, photobiomodulation (PBM) has been used as an adjunct treatment for people with KOA; however, there are still controversial recommendations regarding its use on this population. Thus, we hypothesised that PBM, when associated with a STEP protocol on patients with KOA, could induce better clinical outcomes than a STEP protocol alone.

Methods and analysis

The study is a 6-month triple-blind placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial with intention-to-treat analys

SUBMITTER: S Jorge AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7264996 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature