March 18, 2019
VISTA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DJO®, a leading global provider of medical technologies designed to get and keep people moving, announced today Oregon Health & Science University’s independent study of patients who have undergone lumbar fusions with use of non-invasive electrical stimulation. The results, presented at Spine Summit 2019 in Miami, Florida, highlight the fusion and re-operation rates of 46 study participants.
This study was led by Khoi Than, M.D., of Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, Oregon) and presented at Spine Summit, Miami, 2019 by medical student, Barry Cheaney II. 
Highlights from the OHSU study include:
All patients included:
- 46 total patients studied; 27 CMF™, 19 PEMF
- Among CMF™ patients, 77.8% (21) demonstrated solid fusion
- None of the patients treated with the CMF™ device required re-operation for pseudarthrosis
“There are a number of factors impacting a patient’s recovery from spinal fusion,” said Khoi Than, M.D., of Oregon Health & Science University. “We suspected post-op therapy could have meaningful impact, so we decided to look at two of the industry’s leading bone growth stimulators head-to-head. There’s more work to be done, but our initial data is very interesting.”
The FDA has approved the use of multiple non-invasive electrical stimulation therapies to support post-operative bone growth since 1990. The therapies utilize different underlying technologies and vary significantly in treatment regimen, ease-of-use and effectiveness. Combined Magnetic Field Technology from DJO® is a once daily, 30-minute non-invasive electromagnetic stimulation indicated as an adjunct to lumbar spine fusion. Once-daily treatment of CMF™ Technology stimulates the factors in the bone healing cascade that help improve bone healing1,2. The pivotal study: a prospective, randomized, double blind trial, showed statistically significant healing with use of CMF™ over placebo (21 percentage pts). Results of the study showed that CMF™ can provide a 49% increase in overall healing rate3.
CMF™ SpinaLogic® is a lightweight device that can be applied over a brace or clothing after lumbar spine fusion surgery and offers one button start/stop as well as built in compliance tracking. Patients receive personalized service from highly trained account representatives available to size, fit and train.
More information about CMF™ SpinaLogic® can be found here.
Abstracts of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves are available on the Journal of Neurosurgery website.
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1. McLeod, K.J., Rubin, C.T., The Effect of Low Frequency Electrical Fields on Osteogensis. J. Bone Joint Surg., 74A: 920-929, 1992
2. Ryaby, J.T., et al., The Role of Insulin-like Growth Factor in Magnetic Field Regulation of Bone Formation, Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics. 35: 87-91, 1994
3. Linovitz R, Pathria M,Bernhardt M, et al. Combined Magnetic Fields Accelerate and Increase Spine Fusion: A Double -Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study. Spine. 2002 July; 27(13):1383-1388.
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