RT Journal Article
T1 Effects of monopolar dielectric radiofrequency signals on the symptoms of fibromyalgia: A single-blind randomized controlled trial
A1 Ibáñez-Vera, Alfonso Javier
A1 García-Romero, Jerónimo
A1 Alvero-Cruz, José Ramón
A1 Lomas-Vega, Rafael
K1 Fibromialgia
AB Monopolar dielectric radiofrequency (MDR) is a non-invasive treatment for pain based on the local application of electromagnetic signals. The study’s goal was to analyze the effects of MDR on the symptoms of fibromyalgia. For this aim, a randomized controlled trial was conducted on 66 female participants (aged 47 ± 17.7) diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Participants were randomly allocated to either an experimental group (n = 23), which received eight 20-minute sessions of MDR; a sham group, which received the same number of sessions of a sham MDR therapy (n = 22); or a control group (n = 21), which received usual care. The outcome variables included pain measured by the visual analogue scale (VAS), score on the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) and quality of life measured by the combined index of fibromyalgia severity (ICAF). A large effect size was observed for the local pain (R2 = 0.46), total ICAF (R2 = 0.42) and ICAF physical factor scores (R2 = 0.38). Significant mean differences were found for the local pain (p = 0.025) and ICAF physical factor (p = 0.031) scores of the experimental group in comparison with the sham group. No statistically significant differences between groups were found in HADS. In conclusion, MDR is more effective than either sham treatment or usual care in the short-term improvement of pain and the physical wellbeing of participants with fibromyalgia. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29441
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29441
LA eng
NO Ibáñez-Vera, A.J.; García-Romero, J.C.; Alvero-Cruz, J.R.; Lomas-Vega, R. Effects of Monopolar Dielectric Radiofrequency Signals on the Symptoms of Fibromyalgia: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2465. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072465
NO No hubo financiación externa
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 22 ene 2026