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Trial reportRheumatology international2006

The effect of pulsed electromagnetic fields in the treatment of cervical osteoarthritis: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial.

Serap Tomruk Sutbeyaz, Nebahat Sezer, Belma Fusun Koseoglu

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Rheumatology international, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05581186 (Efficacy of Pulse Electromagnetic Field Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05581186 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy of Pulse Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) in Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorAfyonkarahisar Health Sciences UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled75ConditionsNeck Pain, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Chronic Neck Pain, Cervical Disc DiseaseArmsPulse electromagnetic field therapy, Sham pulse electromagnetic field therapy, Therapeutic Exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Electromagnetic fields for treating osteoarthritis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  3. Electrotherapy for neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Serap Tomruk SutbeyazAnkara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital, Turk ocagi S No: 3 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
Nebahat Sezer
Belma Fusun Koseoglu
Education Training And Research · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) on pain, range of motion (ROM) and functional status in patients with cervical osteoarthritis (COA). Thirty-four patients with COA were included in a randomized, double-blind study. PEMF was administrated to the whole body using a mat 1.8 x 0.6 m in size. During the treatment, the patients lay on the mat for 30 min per session, twice a day for 3 weeks. Pain levels in the PEMF group decreased significantly after therapy (p<0.001), but no change was observed in the placebo group. The active ROM, paravertebral muscle spasm and neck pain and disability scale (NPDS) scores improved significantly after PEMF therapy (p<0.001) but no change was observed in the sham group. The results of this study are promising, in that PEMF treatment may offer a potential therapeutic adjunct to current COA therapies in the future.

Indexed as

Electromagnetic FieldsAdultCervical VertebraeDisability EvaluationDouble-Blind MethodElectric Stimulation TherapyFemaleHumansMaleOsteoarthritisPainPain ManagementRange of Motion, ArticularTreatment OutcomeZygapophyseal Joint

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PMID15986086
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