Magnetic therapy in acute and subacute non-specific back pain: Results of an open multicenter study


https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2022.10686
Vol. 32 No. 3 (2022)
Submitted: 16 June 2022
Accepted: 23 June 2022
Published: 29 July 2022
Non-specific back pain, treatment, magnetic therapy, effectiveness
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  • Andrey Karateev The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "NIIR named after V.A. Nasonova", Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Elena Polishchuk Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Anatoly Fesyun Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Tatiana Konchugova Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Ekaterina Filatova The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "NIIR named after V.A. Nasonova", Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Vera Amirdzhanova The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "NIIR named after V.A. Nasonova", Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Detelina Kulchitskaya Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Alena Potapova The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "NIIR named after V.A. Nasonova", Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Marina Sukhareva The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "NIIR named after V.A. Nasonova", Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Alexander Lila The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "NIIR named after V.A. Nasonova", Moscow, Russia; Department of Rheumatology «Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation.
  • Elena P. Ivanova
    elenapivanova7@gmail.com
    Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0858-1906

Magnetic therapy (MT) is a non-drug method that improves the effectiveness of treatment of musculoskeletal pain, including:acute non-specific back pain (NBP). Objective of our study was to evaluate the results of complex treatment of patients with acute/subacute NBP at home using MT. The study group consisted of 339 patients with severe acute/subacute NBP. All patients received nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). 166 patients (Group 1) received a course of MT (ALMAG+ device), 173 patients or a control group (Group 2) who did not receive MT. The dynamics of pain was significantly higher in group 1 than in group 2. So, the intensity of pain during movement (NRS) decreased from 7 [5;8] and 7 [5;8] to 0 [0;13] and 2 [1;3] after 1 month. (p<0.001). Significant differences between Groups 1 and 2 were observed in the dynamics of pain at rest and at night, overall health assessment (OHA), and sleep function and disorders. The average duration of NSAIDs use in Group 1 was 8.8±3.9, Group 2 – 11.8±5.7 days (p<0.001). The use of MT increases the effectiveness of treatment of acute/subacute NBP and reduces the need for NSAIDs use.


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Karateev, A., Polishchuk, E., Fesyun, A., Konchugova, T., Filatova , E., Amirdzhanova, V., Kulchitskaya, D., Potapova, A., Sukhareva, M., Lila, A., & Ivanova, E. P. (2022). Magnetic therapy in acute and subacute non-specific back pain: Results of an open multicenter study. European Journal of Translational Myology, 32(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2022.10686

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