A UK Registry Study of the Effectiveness of a New Over-The-Counter Chronic Pain Therapy

Abstract

Background: The 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. Aim: The objective of this registry study was to assess the effectiveness and satisfaction of the ActiPatch device in the general population of chronic pain sufferers. Methods: A total of 44,000 subjects completed the trial, with 5000 assessments of the device collected. Conclusion: The 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.

KEYWORDS :

• chronic pain
• noninvasive
• over-the-counter
• pulsed shortwave therapy
• therapy

Financial & competing interests disclosure

IM Rawe and DC Kotak are paid employees of BioElectronics Corporation. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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