Klinik Bavaria Study Pt. 2

>>Continued

Double Blind Study of the therapeutic effectiveness of permanently magnetized foils on secondary myotendofasciopathies at different selected locations

Dr. med. Thomas Laser
Head physician of the Orthopaedic Department:
Orthopaedic - Chirotherapy and Social Medicine Practitioner

KLINIC BAVARIA
8351 Schaufling
by: Dr. Jens Martin

8. Conclusions

1. With reference to the tested trial criteria the therapeutic effectiveness of the magnetized foils is unmistakably higher than the placebo effect of the non-magnetized foils applied to the control group.

2. The average effectiveness comparison index for the "positive" differentiation category (see above) of the test criteria was with 4.6, the highest when treating the cervical pain syndrome, followed with 4.1 of the magnetic foil therapy for periarthropathy humeroscapularis and finally, amounted to 2.5 for the treatment of the local lumbar pain syndrome.

3. A principal statement in favor of a better application capability of the magnetic foil therapy within indication groups II and III is not possible, as the sectional groups did not always contain the same number of patients. A number of further factors, not controlled in the test, influenced conclusions to this effect.

Summary of results of test sheets 1 to 100

Evaluation prior to decoding (100 patients)

Criterion A

Category	Number Of Patients
Better	48
Same	43
Worse	9

Criterion B

Category	Number Of Patients
Reduced	33
Same	63
Increased	4

Criterion C

Category	Number Of Patients
Reduced	28
Same	65
Higher	7

Criterion D

Category	Number Of Patients
Discontinuations	6
Reduced	16
Maintained	78

Evaluation after decoding
Magnetized foils total (50 patients)

Criterion A

Category	Number Of Patients	Percentage
Better	35	70%
Same	13	26%
Worse	2	4%

Criterion B

Category	Number Of Patients	Percentage
Reduced	25	50%
Same	25	50%
Increased	0	0%

Criterion C

Category	Number Of Patients	Percentage
Decreased	23	46%
Same	26	52%
Higher	1	2%

Criterion D

Category	Number Of Patients	Percentage
Discontinuations	4	8%
Reduced	9	18%
Maintained	37	74%

Magnetic foils total (Placebo control group = 50 patients)

Criterion A

Category	Number Of Patients	Percentage
Better	13	26%
Same	30	60%
Worse	7	14%

Criterion B

Category	Number Of Patients	Percentage
Reduced	8	16%
Same	38	76%
Increased	4	8%

Criterion C

Category	Number Of Patients	Percentage
Decreased	5	10%
Same	39	78%
Higher	6	12%

Criterion D

Category	Number Of Patients	Percentage
Discontinuations	2	4%
Reduced	7	14%
Maintained	41	82%

Evaluation after decoding (50p./50p.)

Patients' statements to magnetized BIOflex® foils (p)
and non-magnetized BIOflex® foils (n)

List of abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning
n	Number of patients treated with non magnetized foils
p	Number of patients treated with magnetized foils
g	Total number of patients
1.1.	Local lumbar pain syndrome
cerv.	Cervical pain syndrome
PHS	Periarthropathy (periarthritis) humeroscapularis

1. Assessment of subjective pain sensation (crit. A)

Differentiation Category	Number Of Patients
Better	48
Same	43
Worse	9

p	1.1 g	n
27	37	10
10	25	15
2	7	5

p	cerv. g	n
4	6	2
1	6	5
0	1	1

p	PHS g	n
4	5	1
2	12	10
0	1	1

2. Movement restriction (crit. B)

Differentiation Category	Number Of Patients
Reduced	33
Same	63
Increased	4

p	1.1 g	n
20	24	4
19	43	24
0	2	2

p	Cerv. g	n
3	4	1
2	8	6
0	1	1

p	PHS g	n
2	5	66
4	12	6
0	1	1

3. Usage of pain killers (crit. C)

Category	Number Of Patients
Decreased	28
Reduced	65
Maintained	7

p	1.1 g	n
17	20	3
21	45	24
1	4	3

p	1.1 g	n
3	4	1
2	8	6
0	1	1

p	PHS g	n
3	4	1
3	12	9
0	2	2

4. Other necessary accompanying therapy (crit. D)

Differentiation Category	Number Of Patients
Discontinuations	6
Reduced	16
Worse	78

p	1.1 g	n
2	4	2
7	9	2
30	56	26

p	cerv. g	n
1	1	0
1	3	2
3	9	6

p	PHS g	n
1	1	0
1	4	3
4	13	9

Test period: 01.10.1991 to 01.04.1992

KLINIK BAVARIA SCHAUFLING, April 1992

signed:
Superintendent of clinical test
Dr. med. Th. Laser

Physician authorized for test
Dr. med. J. Martin

| Back to the top | Back to Medical Studies |

Site designed by William Hoit