Letter to Editor
Incidental Improvement in Parkinson’s Disease with Pulsed Magnetic Treatment When Given for Chronic Back Pain: A Case Report
Nishita Sharma and Jyotsna Punj*
Department of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
*Corresponding author:Dr. Jyotsna Punj, Department of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. E-mail: jyotsnapunj@yahoo.com
Article Information:Submission: 28/08/2024; Accepted: 09/09/2024; Published: 11/09/2024
Copyright: © 2024 Sharma N, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is complicated and difficult. Transcranial pulsed electromagnetic fields (T-PEMF) have shown promising results in PD however it is expensive, requires medical set-up and thus has limited availability to patients. We report a patient of PD with chronic back pain (CBP) where full body PEMF, delivered via lying supine on a body gel mattress for certain time, was administered for CBP. A total of 45 sessions of 30 minutes each were given 4-5 times a week. Patient reported relief from CBP but also surprisingly reported incidental improvement in parameters of PD. We discuss the patient.
Keywords:Parkinson’s Disease; PEMF; Neurodegenerative disorders; Pulsed electromagnetic field