Effectiveness of PEMF in Patients With Chronic Radicular Pain Due to Lomber Disc Herniation

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-65 * Unilateral radicular pain for at least 3 months * Severity of radicular pain with Visual Analog Score of at least 4/10 * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or lactation * Cardiac pacemaker, or any metal implants or electronic devices anywhere in the body * History of surgery or algological procedure of the lumbar region * Physical therapy within the last year due to back pain * Previous PEMF treatment * Malignancy or suspicion * Polyneuropathy (diabetic or other) * Connective tissue disease * Presence of inflammatory joint pain * Fibromyalgia * Presence of open surface wound * Tuberculosis, mycosis, or viral disease * Presence of pain in another region of the body with higher severity than radicular back pain * Use of drugs other than paracetamol-derivative simple analgesics (Nonsteroidal Aanti inflammatuar, central effective, or narcotic analgesics), or less than three weeks since the discontinuation of these drugs * Advanced mood disorder * Radiographic evidence of Grade 2 spondylolisthesis, presence of spinal instability, and advanced degenerative spondylarthrosis