Study on Magnetic Field Therapy to Improve Quality of Sleep and Reduction of Chronic Spine Pain

Status unconfirmed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

In brief

HYPTHOTHESIS: The researchers hypothesize that application of active magnetic therapy vs. sham utilized while individuals sleep can reduce neuropathic pain in the spine and improve the quality of sleep. The null hypothesis is that treatment of subjects with spine pain with exposure to permanent/static magnetic fields has no measurable effect on neuropathic pain scores or quality of sleep scores.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00445133

Run by

Weintraub, Michael I., MD, FACP, FAAN

People needed

80

Starts

2007-02-01

Expected to finish

2007-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-09-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female or male subjects age 18-80.
• Capable of understanding and complying with study protocols.
• Chronic cervical, thoracic or lumbar pain for at least six months.
• Sleep difficulties and/or insomnia

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to understand informed consent (mental retardation, psychosis, communicative impairment).
• Cardiac pacemaker or other mechanical internal devices.
• Tumor in the spine/history of malignancy.
• Pregnancy.
• Prior spine surgery

Where it is running

• Dr. Michael I . Weintraub — Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States (enrolling)

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