Evaluating Different Low-level Laser Therapies to Treat Neck Pain in Air Force Pilots and Flight Crew

Description

Determine the most effective and efficient treatment protocols for treating neck pain with LLLT.

Conditions

Neck Pain

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Study overview

Determine the most effective and efficient treatment protocols for treating neck pain with LLLT.

Evaluating Different Low-level Laser Therapies to Treat Neck Pain in Air Force Pilots and Flight Crew

Evaluating Different Low-level Laser Therapies to Treat Neck Pain in Air Force Pilots and Flight Crew

Condition
Neck Pain
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Las Vegas

Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, 89191

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Active Duty US Air Force pilots or onboard navigators, aged 18- 62 years of age
  • * maintain operational flight status at enrollment or within the last 6 months
  • * History of neck pain for a period of more than two months
  • * Score on the Neck Disability Index ranging from 15-24
  • * No physiotherapy or local injection in 3 months before starting the study
  • * pregnant
  • * major surgery or trauma in the previous 3 months
  • * unstable cervical spine
  • * cervical radiculopathy
  • * rheumatoid arthritis
  • * open wound over neck
  • * pace-maker or defibrillator implantation
  • * overt neuropathic pain or radiation pain
  • * inability to express pain or quality of life.
  • * history of neurological disorders
  • * medical diagnosis of fibromyalgia; systemic disease

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 62 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Paul Crawford,

Paul F Crawford, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, US Air Force

Study Record Dates

2025-09