Rheumatism (chronic)
Study
Rheumatism (chronic)*
Authors, title of the study and source:
Giordano N, Battisti E, Geraci S, Santacroce C, Lucani B, Fortunato M, Mattu G, Gennari C. Analgesic-antiinflammatory effect of a 100 Hz variable magnetic field in RA. Clin. Exp. Rheumatolog, 2000, 18(2): 263
Number of patients: 20
10 rheumatoid patients and 10 healthy volunteers were treated with MFT.
Disease:
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Treatment:
Sinus, 100 Hz, 30 min. one time.
Improvement:
In the patient group the reactive oxygen radicals declined, also PGE2 (prostaglandin is responsible for inflammation), c-AMP (measure of the influence of the MFT on the cell wall) increased in both groups.
Remarks:
In the patient group the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and CRP didn’t change, because only a 30 min treatment was carried out. The endorphin release (the body's own anti-pain hormone) showed no change, as well as the cortisol and ACTH (which is the hormone that induces cortisol secretion). The conclusion is that there is pain relief through the MFT not in the brain but rather in the field of neural pathways.
** The treatment with pulsating magnetic field seems to be superior because of double blind controlled randomized studies of the Placebo-treatment.
* The treatment with pulsating magnetic field seems to be superior because of the controlled studies of the control-treatment.
