Original Research Article
Year: 2018 | Month: December | Volume: 5 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 199-202
Effect of Therapeutic Ultrasound v/s Laser on Functional Performance in Patients with Acute Ankle Sprain
Dr. Pournima Pawar1, Dr. Ujwal Yeole2, Miss. Vrushali Dhavale3, Dr. Rasika Panse4
1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune-37.
2Associate Professor & Principal, Department of Physiotherapy, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune-37.
3Intern, Department of Physiotherapy, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune-37.
4Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune-37.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Pournima Pawar
ABSTRACT
Background: An ankle sprain is where one or more of the ligaments of the ankle are partially or completely torn. An ankle sprain is a common injury. Inversion-type, lateral ligament injuries represent approximately 85% of ankle sprain. The incident of ankle sprain is highest in sports population. Poor rehabilitation after an initial sprain increases the chances of this injury recurrence.
Objective: To find out the effect of ultrasound and laser on functional performance in patients with acute ankle sprain.
Materials and methodology: Total number of 38 both genders males and females participants between the age18-35 years with ankle sprain patients were selected by customized sampling. Scoring scale for subjective and functional follow-up evaluation after ankle injury was used to assess pain in ankle sprain patients.
Results: After comparing pre and post intervention data using paired and unpaired t test results showed, there was significant improvement in pain (p<0.0001) in Group A.
Conclusion: In this study we concluded that therapeutic ultrasound is more effective than LASER in ankle sprain patients.
Key words: Ankle sprain patients, Therapeutic ultrasound, LASER, functional performance scoring.
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