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

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Conditions studied: Neck Pain

In brief

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

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03945240

Run by

Paul Crawford

People needed

80

Starts

2020-10-01

Expected to finish

2025-12-09

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 62. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

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

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