Study on Magnetic Field Therapy to Improve Chronic Lumbar Pain
Unknown statusPhase 4NCT00444990
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to determine if treatment with a flex pad impregnated with static/permanent magnets that can penetrate over 70 mm may improve the quality of chronic lumbar pain with reduction of pain scores. HYPOTHESIS: The researchers hypothesis that the application of a flex pad active magnetic therapy vs. sham if utilized daily during waking hours can reduce back pain and/or radicular pain. The null hypothesis is that treatment of subjects with chronic back pain with exposure to static/permanent magnetic fields have no measurable effect on chronic back pain scores and will be equal to the underlying placebo.
Study details
- Official title
- A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study on Magnetic Field Therapy to Improve Chronic Lumbar Pain (Lbp)
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Magnetic Flex Pad
- Sponsor
- Weintraub, Michael I., MD, FACP, FAAN
- Start date
- 2007-02
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 85 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Female or male subjects age 18-80. * Capable of understanding and complying with study protocols. * Chronic lumbar pain for at least six months Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to understand informed consent (mental retardation, psychosis, communicative impairment). * Cardiac pacemaker or other mechanical internal devices. * Tumor in the spine/history of malignancy or tumor. * Pregnancy. * Prior spine surgery.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00444990