慢性膝关节疼痛疾病的H-Wave®设备刺激:患者报告的结果衡量了观察性研究
Ashim Gupta1, David Han2, Stephen M Norwood3
1Future Biologics, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, USA.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
|January 28, 2026
概括
H-Wave®装置刺激 (HWDS) 对慢性膝关节疼痛 (cKP) 患者显示出有希望的结果,改善功能,疼痛和睡眠质量. 这项研究表明,HWDS可能有利于那些膝盖受伤或退行症患者,患者满意度很高.
科学领域:
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
- 神经调节是一种神经调节.
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
背景情况:
- 慢性膝关节疼痛 (cKP) 影响全球25%的成年人,患病率越来越高.
- 传统的治疗方法有局限性;电刺激显示出改善生活质量的潜力.
- 现有的文献缺乏足够的患者报告的结果措施 (PROMs) 对于cKP中的电刺激.
研究的目的:
- 评估H-Wave®装置刺激 (HWDS) 在使用PROMs治疗各种膝关节疾病的患者中的疗效.
- 评估HWDS对功能,疼痛,睡眠,药物需求,工作能力和患者满意度的影响.
- 分析cKP中HWDS的初步PROM数据,以其他疼痛区域的先前研究为基础.
主要方法:
- 这是一项回顾性,观察性队列研究,分析了4年来前性收集的H-Wave® PROMs数据.
- 对34192名患有膝关节疾病,慢性疼痛 (90-730天) 和HWDS治疗 (22-365天) 的个人 (≥18岁) 进行了查.
- PROMs评估了对功能,疼痛,睡眠,药物,工作和满意度的影响;数据包括人口统计,疼痛慢性和设备使用.
主要成果:
- 对1143例 (所有膝盖),985例 (膝盖损伤) 和124例 (膝盖退行) 病例的分析显示,功能/ADL (96.51%) 和工作表现 (84.63%) 的显著改善.
- 86.76%的人报告≥20%的疼痛缓解,平均减轻2.96分 (0-10NRS).
- 药物使用减少了 (69.85%),睡眠改善了 (55.33%的膝盖损伤),患者满意度超过了96%.
结论:
- HWDS PROMs数据显示慢性膝关节疼痛患者的结果令人鼓舞,类似于其他身体区域.
- 膝关节损伤和退行症子组从HWDS中获得了相似的好处.
- 尽管有局限性,但HWDS对耐火性cKP患者显示出潜在的益处,因此需要进一步调查.
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