PBMT provides a drug-free, surgery-free, non-invasive pain treatment alternative that many patients with shoulder pain are searching for. A conservative first-line treatment for shoulder pain
Research supports the use of laser therapy for shoulder pain.
• Elsodany and colleagues demonstrated that laser therapy combined with exercise therapy is more effective at improving pain and function in patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy when compared to sham laser and exercise. 28 • Kelle and Kozanoglu compared laser therapy to corticosteroid injection in patients with shoulder impingement and concluded that both treatments were more effective than sham laser in improving patient pain. 8 • The Cochrane Review, Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease, concludes that laser therapy when compared to placebo may offer short-term benefits to patients with rotator cuff disease. 29 • A review by Haslerud et al. reported that laser therapy, whether used alone or in conjunction with other physiotherapy treatments, can provide shoulder tendinopathy patients clinically significant pain relief. 30 • A recent meta-analysis of clinical trials using laser therapy to treat musculoskeletal conditions demonstrated that laser therapy had the greatest functional impact on the shoulder (and knee) compared to other anatomical locations treated. 31
Clinical data collected on LightForce lasers
374 Patient cases were analyzed, inclusive of all anatomy 32
SECOND Shoulders were the most common anatomical location treated with laser therapy
Patients had a minimum of
4 weeks of treatment with a LightForce® high power laser
84% of shoulder cases had a clinically significant reduction in pain
Data was collected from healthcare providers through a third-party administered survey as part of routine post- market clinical follow-up on the safety and performance of the LightForce® Therapy Laser devices.
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