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Health technology assessment of magnet therapy for relieving pain

Background: Magnet therapy has been used increasingly as a new method to alleviate pain. Magnetic products are marketed with claims of effectiveness for reducing pain of various origins. However, there are inconsistent results from a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing the...

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Autores principales: Arabloo, Jalal, Hamouzadeh, Pejman, Eftekharizadeh, Fereshteh, Mobinizadeh, Mohammadreza, Olyaeemanesh, Alireza, Nejati, Mina, Doaee, Shila
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Publicado: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445660
http://dx.doi.org/10.18869/mjiri.31.31
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author Arabloo, Jalal
Hamouzadeh, Pejman
Eftekharizadeh, Fereshteh
Mobinizadeh, Mohammadreza
Olyaeemanesh, Alireza
Nejati, Mina
Doaee, Shila
author_facet Arabloo, Jalal
Hamouzadeh, Pejman
Eftekharizadeh, Fereshteh
Mobinizadeh, Mohammadreza
Olyaeemanesh, Alireza
Nejati, Mina
Doaee, Shila
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description Background: Magnet therapy has been used increasingly as a new method to alleviate pain. Magnetic products are marketed with claims of effectiveness for reducing pain of various origins. However, there are inconsistent results from a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing the analgesic efficacy of magnet therapy. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of magnet therapy on reliving various types of pain. Methods: A systematic search of two main medical databases (Cochrane Library and Ovid Medline) was conducted from 1946 to May 2014. Only English systematic reviews that compared magnet therapy with other conventional treatments in patients with local pain in terms of pain relieving measures were included. The results of the included studies were thematically synthesized. Results: Eight studies were included. Magnet therapy could be used to alleviate pain of various origins including pain in various organs, arthritis, myofascial muscle pain, lower limb muscle cramps, carpal tunnel syndrome and pelvic pain. Results showed that the effectiveness of magnetic therapy was only approved in muscle pains, but its effectiveness in other indications and its application as a complementary treatment have not been established. Conclusion: According to the results, it seems that magnet therapy could not be an effective treatment for relieving different types of pain. Our results highlighted the need for further investigations to be done in order to support any recommendations about this technology.
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spelling pubmed-58044242018-02-14 Health technology assessment of magnet therapy for relieving pain Arabloo, Jalal Hamouzadeh, Pejman Eftekharizadeh, Fereshteh Mobinizadeh, Mohammadreza Olyaeemanesh, Alireza Nejati, Mina Doaee, Shila Med J Islam Repub Iran Original Article Background: Magnet therapy has been used increasingly as a new method to alleviate pain. Magnetic products are marketed with claims of effectiveness for reducing pain of various origins. However, there are inconsistent results from a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing the analgesic efficacy of magnet therapy. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of magnet therapy on reliving various types of pain. Methods: A systematic search of two main medical databases (Cochrane Library and Ovid Medline) was conducted from 1946 to May 2014. Only English systematic reviews that compared magnet therapy with other conventional treatments in patients with local pain in terms of pain relieving measures were included. The results of the included studies were thematically synthesized. Results: Eight studies were included. Magnet therapy could be used to alleviate pain of various origins including pain in various organs, arthritis, myofascial muscle pain, lower limb muscle cramps, carpal tunnel syndrome and pelvic pain. Results showed that the effectiveness of magnetic therapy was only approved in muscle pains, but its effectiveness in other indications and its application as a complementary treatment have not been established. Conclusion: According to the results, it seems that magnet therapy could not be an effective treatment for relieving different types of pain. Our results highlighted the need for further investigations to be done in order to support any recommendations about this technology. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2017-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5804424/ /pubmed/29445660 http://dx.doi.org/10.18869/mjiri.31.31 Text en © 2017 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Hamouzadeh, Pejman
Eftekharizadeh, Fereshteh
Mobinizadeh, Mohammadreza
Olyaeemanesh, Alireza
Nejati, Mina
Doaee, Shila
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445660
http://dx.doi.org/10.18869/mjiri.31.31
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