Rheumatoid Arthritis
Study
Rheumatoid Arthritis*
Authors, title of the study and source:
Ganguly KS, Sarkar AK, Datta AK, Rakshit A. A study of the effects of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy with respect to serological grouping in Rheumatoit arthritis. J. Indian Med. Assoc., 1998; 96, 272-5
Number of patients: 24
Disease:
Rheumatoid Arthritis exists from 1 – 20 years. Two patient groups: one with rheumatoid factor increases and one without.
Treatment:
15 min / day/ joint, 3 days a week, 20 weeks. Rectangular.
Improvement:
In pain, pressure pain, swelling, restricted movement came to a 50% or more improvement. In the group with elevated rheumatoid factor, the positive effects occurred later (after 2 months). In both groups the improvements held on after the end of therapy and remained until the end of the study (18 months). Even the joint deformation was better in the rheumatoid factor positive group by 10%, in the rheumatoid factor negative group by 50%.
Remarks:
The improvements of the MFT are referred to the inhibition of tissue damage with all the consequences of the symptoms. Furthermore, it is argued that also the (auto-) immunological processes which contribute to the disease will be relieved by MFT.
** 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.
