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Current Research: Integrative Medicine
October 16-17, 2017 Chicago, USA
Yoga and Physiotherapy Congress
Yoga and Physiotherapy 2017
Efficacy of polarized light versus shock wave in the treatment of pressure ulcer
Ehab Abdelhafeez Abdealmaged
Cairo University, Egypt
Background:
In clinical practice, many wounds are slow to heal and difficult to manage and so, this study was
performed to compare the efficacy of polarized light versus shock wave in the treatment of pressure ulcer.
Methodology:
Thirty patients were included in this study. Their ages ranged from 40 to 60 years and were
randomly divided into two groups, each group containing 15 patients: Group (A) received traditional medical
treatment and polarized light, three days/week for eight weeks. Group (B) received treatment with shock wave
therapy plus traditional medical treatment, one session/week for eight weeks. The measurements were done
before the study and after eight weeks of treatment for both groups by using wound surface area tools (tracing
method) and epithelialisation rate (ER).
Results:
It showed reduction in wound surface area after treatment for groups (A) and (B), with percentage of
50%, 40.58% respectively and for epithelialisation rate there was a significant increase in ER of group (A) post
treatment compared to group (B) as 52.14%, 42.24% respectively.
Conclusion:
Both polarized light and shock wave had the same significant effect on pressure ulcers healing with
high significant improvement in epithelialization rate using polarized light than shock wave therapy.
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