HILTherapy in the pain of bicipital long caput and/or subacromial conflict

A. Santamato, M. Ranieri, G. Ianieri, P. Fiore, G. Megna
2nd Hilterapia® National Congress, 2007

Place: Operative Unit and Complex Structure of Rehabilitative Physical Medicine, Foggia; Operative Unit of Rehabilitative Physical Medicine, Bari.
Purpose: evaluation of the efficacy of HILT therapy in the pain of bicipital long caput and /or subacromial conflict.
Method: 70 patients affected by tendinopathy were random divided in two groups: 35 subject treated with HILT therapy and 35 subjects treated with ultrasound, both for the 10 sessions. All patients were examined with physical tests, Costant Murley and V.A.S. scales.
Results: subjects treated with HILT therapy showed a better clinical-functional improvement in comparison with subjects treated with ultrasound.
Conclusion: This study shows that the HILT therapy has anti-phogistic and anti-edematous effects, reduces painful symptomatology so it is a valid therapeutic method for shoulder tendinopathy