Beneficial Effects of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field during Cast Immobilization in Patients with Distal Radius Fracture

Table 4

Differences in the evaluation of exteroceptive sensation between the PEMF and control groups during the study.

Exteroceptive sensation		PEMF group (n = 27)	Control group (n = 25)	between groups
Monofilaments (g)	Before	2.1 ± 0.72	2.2 ± 0.41	0.7555
	After 3 weeks	1.7 ± 0.55	1.9 ± 0.49	0.1585
	value I vs. II	n.s.	n.s.
	After 6 weeks	1.0 ± 0.19	1.6 ± 0.51	0.0013
	value I vs. III	p < 0.01	p < 0.01
Dellon’s discriminator (mm)	Before	2.4 ± 0.74	2.6 ± 0.65	0.3051
	After 3 weeks	1.7 ± 0.66	2.3 ± 0.75	0.0098
	value I vs. II	p < 0.05	n.s.
	After 6 weeks	1.2 ± 0.42	1.8 ± 0.52	0.0018
	value I vs. III	p < 0.01	0.01

PEMF: pulsed electromagnetic fields.