Abstract
This study was conducted at the Physiotherapy Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al- Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2018, to compare the effect of closed kinetic chain exercises versus pulsed high intensity laser therapy on bone mineral density in osteoporotic men. Forty osteoporotic men with age ranging from 21 to 24 years were selected and randomly assigned into either the group (I) that received closed kinetic chain exercises or group (II) that received pulsed high intensity laser therapy with total energy of 1000 Joules. Each treatment was applied three times weekly for three successive months. Bone mineral density of distal end of radius of all participants was measured by Dual Energy X-ray absorptiometry before and after the end of three months of treatment. The results showed that Men in the group (I) showed a significant increase in bone mineral density after treatment compared with the group (II) (P<0.05). The distal end of radius bone mineral density after treatment was -2.68 and -2.92 for group (I) and group (II), respectively. From the obtained results, it can be concluded that, closed kinetic chain exercise is more effective than high intensity laser therapy in the treatment of osteoporosis in Saudi men.