Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy for Post-operative Pain
This study is looking at whether a device called Endonovo SofPulse, which uses pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF), can help reduce pain after orthopedic (bone and joint) surgery. You might be able to join if you are at least 18 years old and are having shoulder or knee surgery. You also can't have taken certain pain medications (NSAIDs) for one week before your surgery, though low-dose aspirin is allowed. Researchers will measure your pain using a visual analog scale (VAS) and see how much pain medication you take. The study aims to see if PEMF therapy helps reduce pain 10 days after surgery. The current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 76 participants. It compares an active device that emits PEMF signals to a placebo device that does not.
- What's involved
- If you participate, you will use the Endonovo SofPulse device for 15 minutes every two hours, for 10 days after your surgery.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your pain levels will be measured at 10 days after surgery.
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Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy for Post-operative Pain Following Orthopedic Surgery
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Geoffrey D Abrams, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Stanford University
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Mean change from baseline in pain scores on the visual analog scale (VAS) at 10 days10 days
The VAS is a subjective pain scale from 0 to 10, with 0 representing no pain.