Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Affects the Development of Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Women with Vertebral Fractures

Table 2

Effect of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) on pain and function.

	Baseline			1 month			3 months
	PEMF	Control	value	PEMF	Control	value	PEMF	Control	value
Lumbar back pain VAS			0.51			0.09			0.02
ECOS-16			0.63			0.25			0.01
Physical function score			0.58			0.02			0.01
Psychosocial score			0.65			0.01			0.01
EuroQoL VAS			0.89			0.59			0.04
6-MWT			0.09			0.03			0.01
Chair Sit-and-Reach right			0.58			0.02			0.01
Chair Sit-and-Reach left			0.55			0.04			0.02
Radiographic fusion rate	N/A	N/A	N/A			0.35			0.01

PEMF: pulsed electromagnetic field treatment group; VAS: visual analog scale/score; ECOS-16: osteoporosis quality of life scoring scale-16; 6-MWT: 6-minute walk test; N/A: not applicable, values derived from mixed-effect models for longitudinal percent change from baseline with a fixed effect for treatment groups, time and adjustments for baseline measurements in an intention-to-treat analysis.