The analgesic effect and improvement of motor deficit using a rehabilitation program with high intensity laser included, after operated lumbar disc hernia with paretic radiculopathy

Abstract

There are plenty of physical agents with are used in physical therapies in different combinations, but they are separated by the proposed objectives and their proved therapeutic effects.The latest research and clinical experiences show also multiplied therapeutic effect using high intensity laser in several pathologies including low-back pain. A study performed on a group of 51 patients from November 2012 to December 2013 after operated lumbar disc hernia with parethic radiculopathy, using a complex rehabilitation program that included high intensity laser, demonstrates analgesic effect and improvements of motor deficit.

Key words:

low back pain, analgesia, laser therapy, exercise