Growth and regeneration of intervertebral discs by electrophysiological potential therapy - Impedance therapy

Abstract

Impedance therapy (IT) is an electrophysiological potential therapy where specific electrical impulses (SEI) stimulate the human body’s skin surface to cause a regenerative cascade in people diagnosed with degenerative disc disease (DDD). An observational retrospective cohort study sought to monitor the effect of IT, as an innovative nonpharmacological therapy that improves the health of DDD patients. The outcome was objectified by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine, a neurological examination, patients’ own subjective feelings before and after electrotherapy, and confirmation of “disc grow-up” (DGU). The cohort was composed of 161 patients with an ICD diagnosis of G54.0,1,2,4 and/or M54.2,4,5,12,16,17, of whom 66 were women with a mean age of 54.7 years, and 95 were men with a mean age of 50.2 years. The cohort either had undergone or was undergoing IT rehabilitation with specific electrical impulses (SEI). A retrospective analysis of the data from patients who underwent IT rehabilitation in 2019 demonstrated a statistically significant 19% increase in intervertebral disc volume in cm3, p < 0.001 CI 95%, a reduction in pain perception after IT of 75%, p < 0.001 95% CI, and positive changes in tendon-periosteal reflexes (TPR), p < 0.01 CI 95%. IT offers new approaches to treating DDD with objective control of structural/degenerative/regenerative changes.