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RESUMO ABSTRACT
Os tendões têm como principal função a transmissão de forças Tendons have as main function transmit forces from the mus-
dos músculos para os ossos. A tendinopatia é o processo infla- cle to the bones. Tendinopathy is an inflammatory process that
matório que ocorre dentro e ao redor do tendão, quando estes occurs in and around the tendon, when these are affected by
são acometidos por alguma lesão. A terapia com laser de baixa some injury. Low level laser therapy consists in a local appli-
intensidade consiste na aplicação local de luz monocromática, cation of a monochromatic, coherent and short wavelength
coerente e de pequeno comprimento de onda. Seu uso iniciou-se light. Its use began in 60’s and since then several benefits for
na década de 60 e desde então, foram relatados benefícios em tendon injuries have been reported. The objective of this study
diversas lesões tendíneas. O objetivo deste estudo é coletar o que
is to collect the most recent studies about the use of laser on
há de mais recente sobre o uso do laser de baixa intensidade no
the tendinopathy treatment. We performed searches on the
tratamento de tendinopatias. Realizou-se pesquisas nas bases
de dados eletrônicos PubMed, Medline, Bancos de periódicos da following electronic databases PubMed, Medline, CAPES jour-
CAPES e LILACS. Após análise da coleta, foram selecionados três nals portal and LILACS. After the analysis, we selected three
artigos, que demonstraram que a utilização do laser de baixa in- articles that showed that the use of low-level laser therapy,
tensidade em comparação ao seu placebo, é efetivo no tratamento compared to placebo, is effective in treatment of tendinopa-
de tendinopatias. Apesar da necessidade de mais estudos sobre thy. Despite the need for more studies about this theme, the
o tema, o laser de baixa intensidade demonstra ter resultados low-level laser therapy demonstrates consistent results in the
consistentes no tratamento das tendinopatias. treatment of tendinopathy.
Descritores: Terapia a laser. Tendinopatia. Revisão. Keywords: Laser therapy. Tendinopathy. Review.
Citação: Nogueira Júnior AC, Moura Júnior MJ. Efeitos do uso do laser no tratamento Citation: Nogueira Júnior AC, Moura Júnior MJ. The effects of laser treatment in ten-
de tendinopatias: uma revisão sistemática. Acta Ortop Bras. [online]. 2015;23(1):47-9. dinopathy: a systematic review. Acta Ortop Bras. [online]. 2015;23(1):47-9. Available
Disponível em URL: http://www.scielo.br/aob. from URL: http://www.scielo.br/aob.
Todos os autores declaram não haver nenhum potencial conflito de interesses referente a este artigo.
1. Centro de Ciências da Saúde (CCS) da Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Trabalho realizado na Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual do Piauí (UESPI), Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Correspondência: Rua Catarina de Sena, 2745, bairro Alto Alegre. Teresina, PI. Brasil. acn.junior@hotmail.com
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