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Prospective randomized double blind study. Intervention 1: Low-level laser therapy ca. 72 Joules vs. Intervention 2: No Low-level laser therapy.
Outcome: Pain score & would healing at discharge, 1 months & 3 months
After surgical suture application of low level laser therapy of ca. 72 Joules / cm2.
Evaluation at discharge, after 1 months & 3 months.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Low-level laser therapy | Active Comparator | Laser pen with low-level laser therapy. |
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| Sham no low-level laser therapy | Sham Comparator | Identical laser pen without the low-level laser production. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Low-level laser therapy | Device | Low-level laser therapy ca. 72 Joules per cm2 |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Pain score | Visual analog scale (1= no pain; 10 = severe pain) | Questionnaire 3 to 4 days after birth, after 1 month after birth & after 3 months after birth |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| subjective would healing | Visual analog scale (1= very good healing; 10 = very bad would healing) | Questionnaire 3 to 4 days after birth, after 1 month after birth & after 3 months after birth |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joscha Reinhard, Prof. Dr. | Contact | +49 69-7939 | 1249 | Joscha.Reinhard@artemed.de |
| Midwifes | Contact | +49 69-7939 | 1249 |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Joscha Reinhard, Prof. Dr. | St. Elisabethenkrankenhaus Frankfurt | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Prof. Dr. Joscha Reinhard | Recruiting | Frankfurt am Main | Hesse | 60439 | Germany |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D028022 | Low-Level Light Therapy |
| ID | Term |
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| D053685 | Laser Therapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D010789 | Phototherapy |
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Prospective randomized double blind study. Intervention 1: Low-level laser therapy ca. 72 Joules vs. Intervention 2: No Low-level laser therapy.
Doctors & Patients do not kown which laser is the "true" laser or the "fake" laser
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Blinding of the two laser pens is in place till all patient data has been collected.
| "Fake" low-level laser therapy |
| Device |
Identical laser pen without production of low-level laser therapy |
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