| According to a study by the Rehabilitation and | | | | muscles them. |
| Research (TIRR), based in Houston, discovered the | | | | In his research, the respondents were of the |
| technique of traditional medicine that uses a magnetic | | | | Thirty-nine women and 11 men. All patients are asked |
| sub tied at the most sensitive in the patient's body polio | | | | to press the trigger points "where they felt serious |
| could reduce the level of pain the patient is up 46.4%. | | | | illness and pain that position on a scale of one to 10, |
| The study randomly was conducted studies on 50 | | | | with 1 is best, while 10 is the worst. |
| patients polio at the Baylor College of Medicine and the | | | | The patients were then randomly selected and given a |
| Board of Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) in | | | | magnetic active or inactive for the string to the trigger |
| Houston. | | | | points are for 45 minutes. After the magnet was |
| A study made by Dr. Carlos Vallbona was issued and | | | | removed, patients rated the intensity to measure the |
| the results were published in the edition of November | | | | level of feeling their pain. |
| Archives of Medical Physical and Rehabilitation are as | | | | Of the 50 respondents, 29 participants receive a |
| follows : | | | | magnetic active while 21 magnetic inactive. The results |
| "Most of the patients tested in one study who | | | | from 29 patients using magnetic active is the score |
| received treatment magnetic acknowledge recorded a | | | | average of their pain was 9.6 before treatment. Index |
| significant decrease in the level of pain they are. The | | | | decreased to 4.4 after using the magnet. |
| majority of patients given placebo (magnet off) was | | | | Group placebo have a scores average 9.5 sick before |
| reported to complain there is no direct any effect on | | | | treatment and 8.4 after. Magnetic intensity is low, less |
| them" | | | | than half an inch thick and slightly stronger than the |
| Dr. Carlos Vallbona is a professor of family medicine | | | | magnetic refrigerator, which is available in four formats |
| and community medical and physical and rehabilitation | | | | to accommodate the body's different. |
| at Baylor. He also is a director of the Clinical Post-Polio | | | | "Seventy-six percent of patients with magnetic active |
| at TIRR in Houston, USA. | | | | reported a decrease in pain, but only 19 percent of |
| Dr. Vallbona had been evaluating the use of | | | | patients treated with placebo felt improvement," said |
| therapeutic magnets in adults diagnosed with the | | | | Dr Vallbona. No patient reported side effects of |
| syndrome of post-polio suffering from pain dramatically | | | | treatment were carried out on them. |
| on joints that have been identified with pain in the | | | | |