Efficacy and safety of the pulsed electromagnetic field in osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy and safety of the pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy in treating osteoarthritis (OA). DESIGN:Meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched through 13 October 2017. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES:Randomised controlled trials compared the efficacy of PEMF therapy with sham control in patients with OA. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS:Pain, function, adverse effects and characteristics of participants were extracted. RevMan V.5.2 was used to perform statistical analyses. RESULTS:Twelve trials were included, among which ten trials involved knee OA, two involved cervical OA and one involved hand OA. The PEMF group showed more significant pain alleviation than the sham group in knee OA (st

SUBMITTER: Wu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303578 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature