Efficacy of Magnetotherapy in Hand Erosive Osteoarthritis.

Hospital Mutua de Terrassa

Status

Completed

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Musculoskeletal Disease

Physical Therapy

Treatments

Device: Magnetotherapy device

Device: Placebo

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03805113

02/16

Details and patient eligibility

About

Erosive arthritis (EA) is an unusual pathology. There is no definitive treatment and the conventional one has little efficacy. Despite using magnetotherapy (MGT) as a treatment, there is no evidence supporting its use.

Full description

The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of MGT in patients suffering from hand EA, compared to placebo, in terms of pain (assessed by Visual Analog Scale (VAS)) and functionality (assessed by The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) score) during the treatment and after a 3-months period. Secondarily, rigidity (Modified Kapandji Index), grip strength (JAMAR dynamometry) and quality of life (SF-36 questionnaire) were assessed. Treatment safety will also be evaluated.

Enrollment

19 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients of both sexes older than 18 years with symptomatic hand erosive osteoarthritis for more than 6 months.
Patients receiving treatment or not for their hand pathology.
Patients suffering from hand chronic pain due to their pathology and scoring VAS equal or greater than 4/10.
Patients who voluntarily signed the informed consent and agree to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Pregnancy
Patients with pacemaker or similar devices
Pacients with cognitive dysfunction.
Patients with psychiatric pathologies unable to comply with the treatment and follow-up
Patients with active oncological and / or infectious pathology
Patients with previous magnetotherapy or paraffin treatment in the last year