Eficacia de las terapias con láser de baja intensidad y luz polarizada en el tratamiento del síndrome del túnel carpiano en mujeres con diabetes tipo 2

Autores/as

  • Saher Lotfy Elgayar Department of Physiotherapy Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences Middle East University Amman Jordan
  • Ehab Abdelhalim Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Mohamed Gamil Omar Department of Physical Therapy for Women Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, October University for Modern Sciences & Arts, Cairo, Egypt
  • Saad Mohamed Elgendy Department of Physiotherapy, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
  • Mohamed Bayoumi Ibrahim Bayoumi Department of Physiotherapy Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences Middle East University Amman Jordan
  • Mohammed Youssef Elhamrawy
  • Nader Ibrahim Elsayed
  • Tarek M. Youssef Department of Physiotherapy Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences Middle East University Amman Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v73.116876

Palabras clave:

Síndrome del túnel carpiano, terapia con láser de baja intensidad , luz polarizada, diabetes mellitus tipo 2, mujeres

Resumen

Introducción: El síndrome del túnel carpiano sigue siendo uno de los problemas más comunes entre las mujeres con diabetes.

Objetivo: Este ensayo tuvo como objetivo comparar la eficacia de la terapia con láser de baja intensidad y la luz polarizada en el tratamiento del síndrome del túnel carpiano en mujeres con diabetes tipo 2.

Métodos: Sesenta y seis mujeres fueron asignadas aleatoriamente a tres grupos (n = 22 cada uno): férula de muñeca sola (control), férula más láser de baja intensidad, y férula más luz polarizada durante 10 semanas. Las evaluaciones antes y después del tratamiento incluyeron latencias distales motora y sensitiva del nervio mediano, área transversal, escala árabe de calificación numérica del dolor, fuerza de prensión manual y el Cuestionario de Boston para el Síndrome del Túnel Carpiano (escalas de gravedad de los síntomas y funcional).

Resultados: La terapia con láser de baja intensidad mostró mejoras significativamente mayores que la luz polarizada en la latencia motora del mediano (diferencia media [DM] = −0.27 ms; IC 95% = −0.81 a −0.03; p = 0.04), latencia sensitiva (DM = −0.24 ms; IC 95% = −0.47 a −0.01; p = 0.02), dolor (DM = −0.88; IC 95% = −2.04 a −0.2; p = 0.03), fuerza de prensión (DM = 3.4 kg; IC 95% = 0.51 a 6.82; p = 0.01), gravedad de los síntomas (DM = −4.71; IC 95% = −9.39 a −0.03; p = 0.009), y gravedad funcional (DM = −1.92; IC 95% = −4.15 a −0.13; p = 0.02). Las reducciones del área transversal fueron similares en ambos grupos (DM = −0.33 mm; IC 95% = −1.73 a 1.07; p = 0.94).

Conclusiones: El láser de baja intensidad es más eficaz que la luz polarizada en el tratamiento del síndrome del túnel carpiano en mujeres con diabetes tipo 2.

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10-10-2025

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Lotfy Elgayar, S., Abdelhalim, E., Gamil Omar, M., Mohamed Elgendy, S., Bayoumi Ibrahim Bayoumi, M., Youssef Elhamrawy, M., Ibrahim Elsayed, N., & M. Youssef, T. (2025). Eficacia de las terapias con láser de baja intensidad y luz polarizada en el tratamiento del síndrome del túnel carpiano en mujeres con diabetes tipo 2. Retos, 73, 429-438. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v73.116876