title: Assessment of biophysical therapy in the management of pain in current medical practice compared with ibuprofen and placebo: a pilot study.
abstract: Pain management is a daily part of current medical practice. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the efficacy of a biophysical procedure (Med Select 729) compared to a usual pain killer drug (Ibuprofen), and to placebo in order to disclose some effective procedures to be employed especially in elderly people with multiple comorbidities, in patients with allergy to chemical drugs or previous side effects, in non-responders to usual medications, and in chronic diseases to reduce overload. A total of 66 patients were divided in 3 groups. After one week of biophysical therapy they showed similar effect to ibuprofen and after one month the statistical significance was achieved with p less than 0.02 in comparison to placebo. We conclude that biophysical therapy was shown to be an effective and safe procedure for the management of pain in current medical practice.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Foletti
authors.affiliation: Clinical Biophysics International Research Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.affiliation: Clinical Biophysics International Research Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sclauzero
authors.affiliation: Clinical Biophysics International Research Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.affiliation: Clinical Biophysics International Research Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rinaudo
authors.affiliation: Clinical Biophysics International Research Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rocco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007052:Ibuprofen / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D059408:Pain Management; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D010865:Pilot Projects
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D007052:Ibuprofen