{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T05:12:47Z","timestamp":1778303567702,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","issue":"4","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Pak J Med Sci"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objective: Non-specific low back pain (non-specific LBP) is common problem between office-work employees. This study aimed to evaluate the short-term impacts of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) therapy in the treatment of non-specific LBP symptoms as pain, back mobility, LBP disabilities, and Health\u2013Related Quality of Life (HRQOL).\r\nMethods: Forty-two University\u2019s employees with non-specific LBP and aged from 35 to 55 years who participated in this study from January to June 2018 were divided into two groups: group A; received PEMF therapy and group B; received sham treatment. The outcome measures were; numerical rating scale, Modified Oswestry LBP Disability Score, Modified Schober test, and the Short Form-36 questionnaire. Evaluations were performed for both groups before and after finishing treatment.\r\nResults: All outcome measures were significantly improved statistically in the experimental group at the end of the intervention (p&lt;0.05). On the other hand, there were non-significant differences in all outcome measures in the sham group (p&gt;0.05).\r\nConclusions:\u00a0PEMT therapy may decrease pain, LBP disability, increase lumbar spine mobility, and improve HRQOL in middle-aged university\u2019s employees with nonspecific LBP.\r\ndoi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.35.4.49\r\nHow to cite this:Abdelhalim NM, Samhan AF, Abdelbasset WK. Short-Term impacts of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in middle-aged university\u2019s employees with non-specific low back pain: A pilot study. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(4):987-991.\u00a0\u00a0doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.35.4.49\r\nThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.12669\/pjms.35.4.49","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,30]],"date-time":"2019-06-30T03:49:46Z","timestamp":1561866586000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Short-Term impacts of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in middle-aged university\u2019s employees with  non-specific low back pain: A pilot study"],"prefix":"10.12669","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Nermeen Mohamed","family":"Abdelhalim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahmed Fathy","family":"Samhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Walid Kamal","family":"Abdelbasset","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4935","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,9]]},"container-title":["Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/49\/211","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/49\/211","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T04:50:02Z","timestamp":1778302202000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/view\/49"}},"subtitle":["Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy in Non-Specific Low Back Pain"],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,9]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,26]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.35.4.49","relation":{},"ISSN":["1681-715X","1682-024X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1681-715X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1682-024X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,9]]}}}