Magnetoenergy effectively used for the treatment of finger injury of a top volleyball player
A study published in the prestigious “American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation” tells of the exceptional recovery of a Mallet fracture, a disease that can affect those who play volleyball
The treatment of the disease included, among other therapies, a series of sessions of magnetotherapy performed with Magnetoenergy ME2200 and allowed the player not to lose too many trainings and matches.
The study was carried out by Dr. Daniele Checcarelli, Physiatrist, Mauro Zampolini and Claudia Fusco from the rehabilitation department of the Foligno hospital, Michele Berloco from the department of orthopaedics and traumatology of the Foligno hospital and Levent Özçakar from the department of rehabilitation medicine of the University of Ankara.
The treatment of a Mallet fracture varies according to the extent of the injury and may require surgery. In this case, the team that followed the professional player chose to adopt an unconventional type of treatment allowing the player not to lose matches or training. This treatment involved the use of a plastic splint wrapped in a thermoplastic protection, specific physiotherapy exercises, and sessions of Magnetoenergy ME2200 – five per week for six weeks – to relieve the pain and accelerate the healing process. The therapeutic program used for this specific case was “Orthopedics”.
In addition to allowing the player to lose only one match, the recovery was actually fast: in the first ten days pain and swelling were moderate, on the tenth day the swelling disappeared and on the thirtieth day also the pain was gone. After eight weeks the recovery was total.
The study does not mention the name of the player, but Dr. Checcarelli was a sports doctor of SIR Perugia, Italian volleyball champion 2018.
