Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Forearm Bone Mineral Density and Wrist Pain in Osteoporotic Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2022-08-06
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Sixty-eight postmenopausal women diagnosed with osteoporosis aged between 50 and 60 years were randomly allocated to one of two equal sets. The drug treatment group received calcium and vitamin D3 supplement daily for 12 weeks. While the drug/laser acupuncture group received laser acupuncture therapy for 20 minutes per session 3 times weekly, in addition to the same calcium and vitamin D3 supplement.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Treatments: Calcium; Calcium Carbonate; Calcium, Dietary; Cholecalciferol; Vitamin D

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age between 50 and 60 years body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 35 Kg/m2. Multiparas with a parity of 5 or more were included. They had decreased forearm BMD with T score of DEXA less than or equal to -2.5 wrist pain with visual analogue scale (VAS) ≥ 3 natural menopause for at least four years

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of bone disease, renal, liver, endocrinal or parathyroid disorders, cardiac affection, using a pacemaker taking any drugs which may affect bone metabolism