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- Ian M Rawe and Deepak C Kotak.
- BioElectronics Corporation, 4539 Metropolitan Ct, Frederick, Maryland, MD 21704, USA.
- Pain Manag. 2015 Jan 1; 5 (6): 413-23.
BackgroundThe ActiPatch(®) (BioElectronics Corporation, MD, USA) pulsed shortwave therapy device has been shown to be clinically effective in three double-blind randomized controlled pain studies. However, the effectiveness of this device in a broader population of chronic musculoskeletal pain sufferers, affected by a variety of etiologies in different regions of the body, has not been studied.AimThe objective of this registry study was to assess the effectiveness and satisfaction of the ActiPatch device in the general population of chronic pain sufferers.MethodsA total of 44,000 subjects completed the trial, with 5000 assessments of the device collected.ConclusionThe ActiPatch device appears to provide a clinically meaningful reduction of chronic musculoskeletal pain affecting different locations of the body caused by a variety of etiologies.
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