Electromagnetic stimulation as a treatment of tinnitus: a pilot study
| Autor: | M.B. Daley, M. S. McCormick, J. A. Cook, A. S. Jones, N. J. Roland, J.B. Hughes |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Placebo-controlled study Pilot Projects Placebo law.invention Tinnitus Electromagnetic Fields Double-Blind Method Randomized controlled trial law otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Effective treatment Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Middle Aged Electromagnetic stimulation Active devices Clinical trial Otorhinolaryngology Physical therapy medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Otolaryngology. 18:278-281 |
| ISSN: | 1749-4486 1749-4478 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1993.tb00847.x |
| Popis: | This paper reports the results of a study to determine whether pulsed electromagnetic stimulation, applied over the mastoid bone, caused an improvement in the level of tinnitus in long-standing tinnitus sufferers. Fifty-eight patients from the Liverpool Tinnitus Association volunteered to take part in a double-blind placebo controlled trial. Active and placebo devices were randomly allocated to these patients on their first visit. At the end of one week of treatment, each patient noted whether their tinnitus had completely disappeared, was improved, unchanged or made worse by the treatment Forty-five per cent of the patients who completed the trial were improved by the active device, but only 9% by placebo (P = 0.0013, Mann-Whitney test). We suggest that electromagnetic stimulation may be an effective treatment in some tinnitus sufferers. |
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