Treatment of Rheumatoid Hand With Magnetotherapy

Jolanta Zwolińska

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hand Rheumatism; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments: Other: Kinesiotherapy with magnetotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05920746

Universyty of Rzeszow

Details and patient eligibility

About

Brief Summary:

Participants with rheumatoid arthritis with recommendation to physiotherapy.

Created 2 study groups:

1. Kinesiotherapy with static magnetic field
2. Kinesiotherapy with low-frequency pulsed magnetic field

Pulsed magnetic field give better effects then static magnetic field.

Full description

Participants with rheumatoid arthritis with recommendation to physiotherapy. All participants have dysfunction and pain of hand. Before entering the study, all patients were examined by a rheumatologist, who determined the degree of radiological and functional changes and measured blood pressure. Patients with II° and III° of radiological and functional changes were qualified for the study. All the patients gave their informed consent to participate in the study. The examination included an overall assessment of functional status. Patients were examined immediately before and after the intervention.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Informed voluntary consent to participate in the study
2. II ° and III ° of advancement of radiological changes
3. II ° and III ° of advancement of functional changes
4. Remission, low or moderate RA activity: DAS28
5. Medical referral for physiotherapy treatment

Exclusion criteria

1. Additional physiotherapy treatments for the hands
2. Contraindications for magnetotherapy treatments
3. Lack of informed, voluntary consent to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Kinesiotherapy with Static Magnetic Field

Experimental group

Description:

Patients have kinesiotherapy of hand and static magnetic field. All patients without steroid anti-inflammatory drugs.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesiotherapy with magnetotherapy

Kinesiotherapy with low-frequency pulsed magnetic field

Experimental group

Description:

Patients have kinesiotherapy of hand and low-frequency pulsed magnetic field. All patients without steroid anti-inflammatory drugs.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesiotherapy with magnetotherapy