Magnetic Therapy
and Wound Healing: a Frequency Specific Pulsed
Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy Research Bibliography
Pulsed electromagnetic fields have long been used to accelerate
wound healing by increasing blood flow, nerve and tissue
regeneration. The technique is side-effect free and seems to work
well where pulse repetition rate, wave-form and duration of
therapy is adequate. Early studies by Robert
O. Becker and Carl Bassett showed amazing efficacy using DC
electrical currents across the wound increasing what Becker called
''the current of injury" identified as being necessary for wound
healing to occur. This 'current of injury' is abnormally low in
non-healing wounds and diabetic ulcers. There was more research in
the area back in the 80's using electric stimulation than are
available currently.
Frequency Specific Pulsed
Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Research Bibliographies:
Several
hundred pulsed electromagnetic field therapy citations contained
in our research bibliographies are linked directly to PubMed
a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the U.S.
National Institutes of Health. These studies are offered for your education only and are not intended as promotional material.
See also; Sandyk R, Anninos PA
, Jacobson
JI; three pioneers of electromagnetic field therapy to
treat Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and epilepsy.
PEMF Background:
PEMF Research By
Effect:
EarthPulse research:
PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e23404.
Epub 2011 Aug 16. (while not PEMF this shows benefit of DC waveform)
Degenerate
wave and capacitive coupling increase human MSC invasion and
proliferation while reducing cytotoxicity in an in vitro wound
healing model.
Griffin M, Iqbal SA, Sebastian A, Colthurst J, Bayat A.
Source
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Research, School of
Translational Medicine, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre,
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Bioelectromagnetics. 2010 May;31(4):318-23.
Pulsed
electromagnetic fields accelerate wound healing in the skin of
diabetic rats.
Goudarzi I, Hajizadeh S, Salmani ME, Abrari K.
Source
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Physiology, Tarbiat
Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Aesthet Surg J.
2009 Mar-Apr;29(2):135-43.
Evidence-based
use of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in clinical plastic
surgery.
Strauch B, Herman C, Dabb R, Ignarro LJ, Pilla AA.
Source
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
Arch Dermatol Res. 2008 Aug;300(7):377-83. Epub 2008 Jul 16.
Frequency
rhythmic electrical modulation system in the treatment of
chronic painful leg ulcers.
Janković A, Binić I.
Source
Clinic of Dermatology and Venerology, Clinical Center Nis, Nis,
Serbia
P R Health Sci J. 2008 Jun;27(2):175-9.
Elimination
of a pressure ulcer with electrical stimulation--a case study.
Sosa IJ, Reyes O, Kuffler DP.
Source
Section of Neurological Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
Med Sci Monit. 2007 Sep;13(9):CR391-397.
The
interrelationships between electrical stimulation, the
environment surrounding the vascular endothelial cells of the
skin, and the role of nitric oxide in mediating the blood flow
response to electrical stimulation.
Petrofsky J, Hinds CM, Batt J, Prowse M, Suh HJ.
Source
Department of Physical Therapy, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda,
CA 92350, USA.
Bioelectromagnetics. 2007 Jul;28(5):362-8.
The effect of
pulsed electromagnetic fields on secondary skin wound healing: an
experimental study.
Athanasiou A, Karkambounas S, Batistatou A, Lykoudis E, Katsaraki A,
Kartsiouni T, Papalois A, Evangelou A.
Source
Laboratory of Experimental Physiology, Ioannina University School of
Medicine, Greece
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2007 Jan;157(1-2):34-6.
[Pulsed
electromagnetic fields (PEMF)--results in evidence based
medicine].
[Article in German]
Pieber K, Schuhfried O, Fialka-Moser V.
Source
Universitätsklinik für Physikalische Medizin und
Rehabilitation, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien,
Osterreich. karin.pieber@meduniwien.ac.at