de Teresa, Carlos and Varela-López, Alfonso and Rios-Álvarez, Susana and Gálvez, Rafael and Maire, Coralie and Gracia Villar, Santos and Battino, Maurizio and Quiles, José L. UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, santos.gracia@uneatlantico.es, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es, jose.quiles@uneatlantico.es (2021) Evaluation of the Analgesic Efficacy of a Bioelectronic Device in Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain with Neuropathic Component. A Randomized Trial. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10 (8). p. 1781. ISSN 2077-0383
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Abstract
Low energy pulsed electromagnetic signals (PEMS) therapy, in the field of bioelectronics, has been suggested as a promising analgesic therapy with special interest in treating conditions with poor response to pharmacotherapy. This study evaluated the effectiveness of PEMS therapy on the treatment of chronic low back pain patients with a neuropathic component. A group of 64 individuals with such condition was allocated to a 2-week treatment period (10 twenty-minute sessions on consecutive days) with an active PEMS therapy device or an inactive device in random order. The pain was assessed on a visual analog scale, and the functional status was assessed using the SF-12 questionnaire. The visual analog scale scores were lower after treatment than at baseline but only in the group treated with the active device. According to the DN4 score, neuropathic pain decreased in both experimental groups with respect to baseline, but this was only significant for the group treated with the active device. Similarly, an improvement in the SF-12 and Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) sleep scale components was reported. The study demonstrated that low-energy PEMS therapy was efficient in reducing pain and improving function in chronic low back pain patients with a neuropathic component.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bioelectronics; Electromagnetic signals; Chronic low back pain; Neuropathic pain; Quality of life; Functional capacity |
| Subjects: | Subjects > Biomedicine |
| Divisions: | Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production |
| Depositing User: | Sr Bibliotecario |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2022 13:03 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2022 13:03 |
| URI: | http://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/521 |
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