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Trial reportHealth and quality of life outcomes2011

Stress-related psycho-physiological disorders: randomized single blind placebo controlled naturalistic study of psychometric evaluation using a radio electric asymmetric treatment.

Salvatore Rinaldi, Vania Fontani, Lucia Aravagli, Piero Mannu, Alessandro Castagna, Matteo Lotti Margotti, Barbara Rosettani

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Salvatore RinaldiDepartment of Neuro-Psycho-Physio Pathology and Neuro Psycho Physical Optimization, Rinaldi Fontani Institute, Viale Belfiore 43, Florence 50144, Italy. srinaldi@irf.it
Vania Fontani
Lucia Aravagli
Piero Mannu
Alessandro Castagna
Matteo Lotti Margotti
Barbara Rosettani
Deutsches Historisches Institut Rom · ITInstitute of Neurological Sciences · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a radio electric asymmetric treatment on psycho-physiological disorders (PPD). PPD are often stress related and are under the unconscious control of the patient and cannot be traced back to any serious physical disease. The brain stimulation treatment protocol used is called Neuro Psycho Physical Optimization (NPPO) with a Radio Electric Asymmetric Conveyer (REAC) device.

methodsPsychological stress and PPD were measured for a group of 888 subjects using the Psychological Stress Measure (PSM) test, a self-administered questionnaire. Data were collected immediately before and after the 4-weeks of REAC treatment cycle.

resultsThis study showed a significant reduction in scores measuring subjective perceptions of stress for subjects treated with a cycle of NPPO REAC treatment. At the end-point the number of subjects reporting symptoms of stress-related PPD on the PSM test was significantly reduced, whereas in the placebo group the difference was not significant.

conclusionA cycle of NPPO treatment with REAC was shown to reduce subjective perceptions of stress measured by the PSM test and in particular on PPD.

trial registrationThis trial has been registered in the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) with the number: ACTRN12607000463471.

Indexed as

Electromagnetic FieldsRadiofrequency TherapyAdultAustraliaHumansMaleMiddle AgedNew ZealandPsychometricsPsychophysiologic DisordersStress, Psychological

Identifiers

PMID21771304
PMCPMC3150240
OpenAlexW2107758641

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