| MAGNET THERAPY FOR FIBROMYALGIA |
Over the past decade, chronic pain sufferers have become avid consumers of
about the clinical effects of these products.
In a new study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary
Medicine , researchers from the University of Virginia describe the largest and
most rigorous clinical trial to date of a magnet therapy used to treat patients
with chronic pain. Results were obtained from 94 patients with fibromyalgia, a
syndrome affecting 2 percent of the general population and responsible for
widespread pain, fatigue, fitful sleep and anxiety in sufferers.
Researchers randomly separated participants into five treatment groups to test
the effects of magnetic sleep pads on several measures of participants' pain.
Ratings of subjects' pain were measured over six months using the
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, pain intensity ratings, tender point counts,
and tender point pain intensity.
One group slept on pads that administered whole body therapy with a low
magnetic field. A second group received magnet therapy that varied in
intensity. A third group slept on the pads but received no magnetic therapy
while a fourth group were instructed to stick to their normal pain treatment
regimens with no magnetic therapy.
Ann Gill Taylor, R.N., from the University of Virginia, says, "We did find a
statistically significant difference in pain intensity reduction for one of the active
magnet pad groups. The two groups that slept on pads with active magnets
generally showed the greatest improvements in outcome scores of pain
intensity level, number of tender points on the body and functional status after
six months."
Alan P. Alfano, M.D., from the University of Virginia, says, "The results tell us
maybe this therapy works, and that maybe more research is justified."
However, he cautions, "You can't draw final conclusions from only one study."
Source: Ivanhoe Newswire, Feb. 27, 2001
about the clinical effects of these products.
In a new study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary
Medicine , researchers from the University of Virginia describe the largest and
most rigorous clinical trial to date of a magnet therapy used to treat patients
with chronic pain. Results were obtained from 94 patients with fibromyalgia, a
syndrome affecting 2 percent of the general population and responsible for
widespread pain, fatigue, fitful sleep and anxiety in sufferers.
Researchers randomly separated participants into five treatment groups to test
the effects of magnetic sleep pads on several measures of participants' pain.
Ratings of subjects' pain were measured over six months using the
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, pain intensity ratings, tender point counts,
and tender point pain intensity.
One group slept on pads that administered whole body therapy with a low
magnetic field. A second group received magnet therapy that varied in
intensity. A third group slept on the pads but received no magnetic therapy
while a fourth group were instructed to stick to their normal pain treatment
regimens with no magnetic therapy.
Ann Gill Taylor, R.N., from the University of Virginia, says, "We did find a
statistically significant difference in pain intensity reduction for one of the active
magnet pad groups. The two groups that slept on pads with active magnets
generally showed the greatest improvements in outcome scores of pain
intensity level, number of tender points on the body and functional status after
six months."
Alan P. Alfano, M.D., from the University of Virginia, says, "The results tell us
maybe this therapy works, and that maybe more research is justified."
However, he cautions, "You can't draw final conclusions from only one study."
Source: Ivanhoe Newswire, Feb. 27, 2001
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