Untersuchungen zur Magnetfeldtherapie bei Patienten mit chronischen Rückenschmerzen

Abstract

Back pain is one of the most common health disorders in the population and represents a huge cost factor in medicine dar. There is a wide range of therapeutic approaches for the treatment of chronic nonspecific back pain. A number of studies have shown that so far none of the forms of therapy led to long-term treatment success, so the search for new, alternative forms of therapy is still necessary. Because of the diverse experiences of the efficacy of electromagnetic fields at different magnetic field therapy, this disease came as a potential alternative for the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain into account. In a randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind study the efficacy of low-frequency, pulsed magnetic field therapy for the treatment of chronic back pain has been investigated. The study included 80 subjects, the two treatment groups (magnetic therapy, n = 62, placebo, n = 18) and distributed a total of 6 weeks were treated 3 times a day for 15 minutes with the magnetic mat at home. One of the study criteria were orthopedic examination tests (mobility of the spine, an SF-36 questionnaire on health-related quality of life and the perceived pain intensity). The results were registered in the form of a visual analogue (VAS) and numerical "rating" scale (NRS). Neither the reduction of pain, even in an improved quality of life and mobility of the spine was the low-frequency, pulsed magnetic field therapy over placebo treatment, a clinically relevant treatment success in patients with chronic back problems to achieve. It appeared in the first two studies, a significant placebo effect, which masked the one hand, the statistical significance of the results in the total group and certain other potential physical effects of magnetic therapy. Thus, the results of this study are in good agreement with the experience and results in the recent critical literature that are based principally on placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind studies that relate to the recognized quality criteria of the "Cochrane Back Review Group" (CBRG). The future therapeutic importance of the dynamic magnetic field therapy in the treatment of chronic low back pain remains to be seen due to the results presented and explained the study location in the current literature on.