Percutaneous Paravertebral Infiltration of O2-O3, Bioresonance Magnetotherapy, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Psychosomatic Postural Rehabilitation in the Treatment of Degenerative Joint Disease of the Lumbar Spine with Functional Insufficiency of the Vertebral Motor Unit
M. Arena, G. Savoca, G. Lednyiczky
SUMMARY - This study was designed to prove the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for the treatment and rehabilitation of degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine with functional insufficiency of the vertebral motor unit. We treated 549 patients between the ages of 50 and 75 years, divided into four groups A, B, C and D. Group A was treated with TENS electrostimulation and psychosomatic postural rehabilitation, group B with bioresonance magnetotherapy, TENS electrostimulation and psychosomatic postural rehabilitation, group C with percutaneous paravertebral infiltrations of O2-O3, TENS electro-stimulation, psychosomatic postural rehabilitation, and group D with percutaneous paravertebral infiltrations of O2-O3, TENS electrostimulation, psychosomatic postural rehabilitation and bioresonance magnetotherapy. To evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness comparisons were made between groups A-B, B-C, C-D after the first 11 weeks of treatment, and at, one, six and 12 months respectively. The improvements from the basal value among the groups were statistically significant (p<0.05) throughout the 11 weeks of treatment and throughout the following 12 months patients maintained significant improvements. In the A-B comparison, observations at the end of the 11 weeks of treatment showed a prevalence of improvements, and at the follow-ups at one, six and 12 months, respectively. Group A had more improvements than group B. In the B-C comparison, observations at the end of the 11 weeks of treatment initially showed a prevalence of healing and improvements in group C compared to group B. The patients in group C maintained better therapeutic effects, showing fewer regressions than group B in the first six months, followed by more loss of performance in the following six months. In the C-D comparison, observations at the end of 11 weeks of treatment showed a closely comparable improvement in both groups, with a prevalence of healing and improvements, in particular at the follow-ups at one, six and 12 months, respectively. Group D showed fewer improvements at each of the checks than did group C. Oxygen ozone therapy is a useful adjunct in the current therapy of degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine with functional insufficiency of the vertebral motor unit, leading to pain resolution in a significant number of patients. The integration of oxygen ozone therapy with TENS, bioresonance magnetotherapy and postural rehabilitation guarantees a better maintenance of the obtained improvement over time.
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