Treatment of Rheumatoid Hand With Magnetotherapy

N/ACompletedNCT05920746

Jolanta Zwolińska72 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis Hand Rheumatism

Interventions

Kinesiotherapy with magnetotherapyOTHER

Individual kinesiotherapy. Parameters of magnetic field: 7 mT, f= 10-20 Hz, type of impulse: bipolar, rectangular pulse

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 35 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Laboratorium Czynników Fizykalnych w Rehabilitacji w Przyrodniczo-Medycznym Centrum Badań Innowacyjnych Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego

Rzeszów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Visual Analogue Scale

Pain severity rating scale. only one value. Minimum value is 0, maximum value is 10. The best is 0, the worst is 10.

Time frame: Change from baseline VAS value immediately after therapy.

Health Assesment Questionaire

Subjective assesment of level of disability. Value of each of 8 subsections: minimum value 0, maximum value 3. total score is averaged. The best total score is 0, the worst is 3.

Time frame: Change from baseline HAQ-20 value immediately after therapy.

Range of motion

Computerized measurement of the range of motion of the joints of the hand \[mm\]. A higher score value meant a greater range of motions.

Time frame: Change from baseline range of motion value immediately after therapy.

Displacement hand volume measurement

Measurement of hand volume using the displacement method \[mm3\]. The higher score means less swelling.

Time frame: Change from baseline volume value immediately after therapy.

Persistence time of morning stiffness

Patient's subjective assessment of the duration of morning stiffness \[min\]. The longer durations means more hand dysfunction.

Time frame: Change from baseline time of morning stiffness value immediately after therapy.

Severity of morning stiffness

Assessing the severity of morning stiffness using a 100-point scale. The higher score means a greater severity of morning stiffness.

Time frame: Change from baseline time of severity of morning stiffness value immediately after therapy.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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