The Effect of Magnetic Stimulation on Low Back Pain Relief and Muscle Mass Maintenance in Patients With ESRD

Inclusion criteria

• Adults aged 19 years or older
• Patients diagnosed with end-stage renal failure and receiving dialysis treatment more than three times a week
• Back pain intensity of 4 points or higher on the visual analogue scale (VAS)
• Those with cognitive function that can clearly indicate NRS with a score of 23 points or higher, the criterion for determining cognitive impairment on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) [14]
• Those who voluntarily decided to participate in this clinical trial after receiving a detailed explanation and fully understanding it and gave written consent to comply with the precautions

Exclusion criteria

• If the pain is due to trauma
• If it is difficult to participate in the study due to serious mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc.) or psychological instability.
• Patients with severe neurological illness (e.g. stroke, severe dementia, etc.).
• Those with poor general condition due to unstable cardiovascular, digestive, respiratory, or endocrine systems, or severe internal medical illness such as systemic infection
• Patients participating in other therapeutic clinical trials or those who have participated in other therapeutic clinical trials within the past 30 days (observational studies are not relevant)
• If there are contraindications to magnetic stimulation

• Patients with implanted medical devices (e.g. pacemakers)
• Metal objects are inserted into the skull
• A wound on the skin at the attachment site
• History of epilepsy
• Cervical pain or musculoskeletal disease
• Pregnant and lactating women