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Adding Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy to TENS and Hotpack Improves Pain and QoL After 12 Weeks

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April 2021

Adding Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy to TENS and Hotpack Improves Pain and QoL After 12 Weeks

Vol: 17| Issue: 1| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Efficiency of pulsed electromagnetic fields on pain, disability, anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with cervical disc herniation: a randomized controlled study

Turk J Med Sci. 2019 Aug 8;49(4): 1095-1101.

Contributing Authors:
E Hattapoğlu İ Batmaz B Dilek M Karakoç S Em R Çevik

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Seventy-four patients diagnosed with cervical disc herniation (CDH) and intervertebral disc protrusion/extrusion were both given the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) combined with a hot pack and randomized to receive additional pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy (n=37) or a sham PEMF with no current flow (n=37). Outcomes of interest included severity of pain on the visua...

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