• Feng Jiang, Xianping Xie, Xianlun Pang, and Li Zheng.
• Department of the Orthopedics, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Jan 12; 103 (2): e36881e36881.

BackgroundMagnetic therapy may have some potential in treating osteoporosis, and this meta-analysis aims to study the efficacy of magnetic therapy for osteoporotic patients.MethodsWe have searched several databases including PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, EBSCO and Cochrane library databases, and selected the randomized controlled trials comparing the efficacy of magnetic therapy for osteoporotic patients. This meta-analysis was conducted using the random-effect or fixed-effect model based on the heterogeneity.ResultsFive randomized controlled trials were included in this meta-analysis. Compared with sham procedure in osteoporotic patients, magnetic therapy was associated with significantly increased bone mineral density (standard mean difference [SMD] = 2.39; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.27-4.51; P = .03), decreased pain scores (mean difference [MD] = -0.86; 95% CI = -1.04 to -0.67; P < .00001), and calcium (MD = -0.61; 95% CI = -0.92 to -0.29; P = .0002), but revealed no influence on phosphate (MD = 0.07; 95% CI = -0.30 to 0.44; P = .71), osteocalcin (SMD = 0.65; 95% CI = -2.87 to 4.17; P = .72), or ALP (SMD = -0.43; 95% CI = -0.92 to 0.07; P = .09).ConclusionsMagnetic therapy may be effective for the treatment of osteoporotic patients.Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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