Effects of Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation and Exercise on Pain, Leg Muscle Strength, and WOMAC index in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

This study examined the effects of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation and exercises on pain, leg muscle strength, and WOMAC index in knee osteoarthritis patients. Twenty subjects were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. rPMS and exercises were applied to the experimental group for 20 minutes per day, 5 times a week for a total of 4 weeks. The subjects were evaluated by a VAS test, FTSST test, and WOMAC test. In the experimental group, significant decrease was observed in the VAS test after treatment (p.05), and there was significant difference in the VAS test compared to the control group (p.05). In both the experimental group and control groups, significant decrease was observed in the FTSST test and WOMAC test after treatment (p.05), and there was no significant difference in the FTSST test and WOMAC test compared to the control group (p.05). The results of this study suggest that rPMS and exercises applied effects the pain relief and improve knee joint function in knee osteoarthritis patients.