BACKGROUND: The common regime of eccentric exercise in use for @entity924 is somewhat arduous and compliance issues can arise. This is the first study to investigate the effectiveness of a regime of fewer exercise sessions combined with photobiomodulation for the treatment of @entity924 . METHODS: A double blind randomized controlled trial and intention-to-treat analysis were performed. Eighty @entity1 , 18-65  years with @entity924 and symptoms for longer than 3  months, were included in the trial. @entity1 randomized into one of four groups; 1 (Placebo + Ex Regime 1) or 2 (Laser + Ex Regime 1) or 3 (Placebo + Ex Regime 2) or 4 (Laser + Ex Regime 2). The primary outcome measure was the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles (VISA-A) questionnaire. Outcomes were collected at baseline, week 4 and week 12. RESULTS: Sixteen @entity1 were lost to follow-up at 12  weeks, 4 of which due to adverse reactions. As per intention to treat, missing data were imputed, 80 @entity1 were included in the final analysis. For VISA-A at 12  weeks, group 4 achieved significant gains over the other 3 groups: group 1 (18.5 [9.1, 27.9]), group 2 (10.4 [1.5, 19.2]), group 3 (11.3 [3.0, 19.6]). There was a moderate effect size in favour of exercise twice per week (7.2 [-1.8, 16.2], ES .7). CONCLUSIONS: Twice-daily exercise sessions are not necessary as equivalent results can be obtained with two exercise sessions per week. The addition of photobiomodulation as adjunct to exercise can bring added benefit.

Photobiomodulation and eccentric exercise for XXXX : a randomized controlled trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'Participants'] @entity924 :: ('MESH:D052256', 'Disease') :: ['Achilles tendinopathy']
@entity924 :: (MESH:D052256,Disease) :: ['Achilles tendinopathy']
