Magnetic Field Therapy: A Review

Abstract

There is increasing interest in using permanent magnets for therapeutic purposes encouraged by basic science publications and clinical reports. Magnetotherapy provides a non invasive, safe, and easy method to directly treat the site of injury, the source of pain and inflammation, and other types of disease. The physiological bases for the use of magnetic fields for tissue repair as well as physical principles of dosimetry and application of various magnetic fields are subjects of this review. Analysis of the magnetic and electromagnetic stimulation is followed by a discussion of the advantage of magnetic field stimulation compared with electric current and electric field stimulation.

Knee Joint Synovial Osteochondromatosis: A Case

“…Bu nedenle diz gibi yüzey alanı geniş olmayan bölgelerde, fazla miktarda ısıtıcı etki istemediğimiz durumlarda bu tedavi yöntemi oldukça yararlıdır (15). Yumuşak doku ve kemik dokusundaki inflamasyon ve ağrı üzerinde olumlu etkisi olan, noninvaziv, güvenli ve uygulaması kolay olmasından dolayı magnetoterapi modalitesini tercih ettik (16). Hastanın tedavi seansları sonrasında, klinik bulgular ve fonksiyonel değerlendirme skorlarında anlamlı iyileşme olduğu gözlendi.…”

In vitro T lymphocyte adherence capabilities under the influence of lower induction values (0.1 – 0.01 mT) of 50 Hz external magnetic fields

“…EMFs can influence adherence in two ways: (1) they can directly improve T lymphocyte surface adherence capabilities and (2) they can indirectly improve adherence capabilities by disrupting processes that inhibit adherence. Even though various physical mechanisms between interactions of electromagnetic and magnetic fields and biological systems have been proposed, a detailed assessment that offers a complete explanation for the observed biological effect is still missing [12,13]. Fröhlich emphasized that his theory was only a hypothesis, which needed to be clarified and verified experimentally.…”

The Main Approaches of Studying the Mechanisms of Action of Artificial Electromagnetic Fields on Cell

“…In this century by Banik S, Bandyopadhyay S, Ganguly S; Vorst AV, Rosen A, Kotsuka Y; Barnes FS, Greenebaum B; Furse C, Christensen DA, Durney CH are reviewed the main facts of EMFs effects on cells [1][2][3][4]. Th e medical applications of EMFs are reviewed by Rosch PJ, Markov MS; Andrä W, Nowak H; Markov MS [5][6][7]. Some of theoretical models proposed to explain the basic phenomena associated with cell exposure to EMF are presented in review articles [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”