Photobiomodulation in Chronic Knee Pain in Patients Who Are in PreRehabilitation for Bariatric Surgery

PBM is a therapeutic technique that uses light at different wavelengths (red or infrared), in a non-invasive way in which non-ionizing irradiation is used to produce a series of photophysical and photochemical effects when applied to biological tissues (humans and animals). Regarding the clinical results, numerous articles have already demonstrated the effect of PBM in improving pain and disability in patients with knee joint pain.

standard treatment (physiotherapy-standard exercises: Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy and Physiotherapy with global muscle strengthening exercises). This program will be maintained for all study patients, for both groups, throughout the data collection period and includes activities 2X per week.)

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