60
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2012
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2013
resistive capacitive diathermy treatment (resistive capacitive diathermy, Hcr 902, Unibell)
The resistive capacitive diathermy is a medical device supplying low (448 KHz) radiofrequencies with maximum output power of 200 W. It is used to reduce pain and inflammation and allowing healing processes. diathermy treatment is administered for a thirty minutes session, three times per week for a total of ten sessions.
sham placebo resistive capacitive diathermy treatment
"The sham treatment is administered with the diathermy device set on on but not active (not supplying energy) and the treatment session has the same modalities, frequency and duration of experimental diathermy group"
"University Hospital A. Gemelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart", Rome
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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