Tsagkaris Christos, Papazoglou Andreas S, Eleftheriades Anna, Tsakopoulos Stavros, Alexiou Athanasios, Găman Mihnea-Alexandru, Moysidis Dimitrios V
Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, Blacktown 2770, Australia.
Naval Hospital of Athens, 15561 Athens, Greece.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2022 Mar 14;12(3):334-343. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe12030024.
Infrared radiation (IR) is a promising complementary treatment for musculoskeletal conditions and chronic pain. By means of a systematic review, we evaluated the contribution of IR to the management of these ailments. PubMed-MEDLINE, Scopus, and Cochrane Library-Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were systematically searched until 20 December 2021. The literature search yielded 233 relevant records. Following the screening of titles and abstracts, 42 full-texts were evaluated. As per inclusion/exclusion criteria, 13 publications were entered into the qualitative assessment. These studies described the effects of IR in humans: three studies focused on osteoarthritis, four studies on fibromyalgia, and six encompassed a wider range of diseases (ankylosing spondylitis, recovery from sports injuries, myofascial pain syndrome). Based on the findings of our systematic review, we noted a decrease in pain levels, as evaluated by the visual analog scale (VAS), in patients suffering from musculoskeletal disorders treated with IR. In addition, IR use led to a decrease in Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FiQ) scores in subjects diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Nevertheless, IR has failed to facilitate muscle recovery following athletic injuries.
红外辐射（IR）是一种很有前景的用于治疗肌肉骨骼疾病和慢性疼痛的辅助疗法。通过系统评价，我们评估了红外辐射对这些疾病治疗的贡献。对PubMed-MEDLINE、Scopus和Cochrane图书馆-考克兰对照试验中央注册库进行了系统检索，直至2021年12月20日。文献检索产生了233条相关记录。在筛选标题和摘要后，对42篇全文进行了评估。根据纳入/排除标准，13篇出版物进入定性评估。这些研究描述了红外辐射对人类的影响：三项研究关注骨关节炎，四项研究关注纤维肌痛，六项研究涵盖了更广泛的疾病（强直性脊柱炎、运动损伤恢复、肌筋膜疼痛综合征）。根据我们系统评价的结果，我们注意到，在用红外辐射治疗的肌肉骨骼疾病患者中，通过视觉模拟量表（VAS）评估的疼痛水平有所降低。此外，使用红外辐射导致被诊断为纤维肌痛的受试者的纤维肌痛影响问卷（FiQ）得分降低。然而，红外辐射未能促进运动损伤后的肌肉恢复。
