Effectiveness of Low-intensity Laser on Pain in Patients With Supraspinatus Tendinopathy.

Brief Summary

Tendinopathy is an inflammatory process that occurs in and around the tendon when both are affected by a certain injury. In the case of the supraspinatus muscle it is one of the most frequent causes of shoulder pain. To test the efficacy of laser treatment in reducing shoulder pain caused by supraspinatus muscle tendinopathy. A randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) was carried out in which a physiotherapy intervention was performed using therapeutic laser for three months, to observe the influence on the pain generated by supraspinatus muscle tendinopathy in the shoulder.