A Brief History of

Pulsed

Field Therap)y

Background

Five hundred years ago,Paracelsus, a Swiss physicianand alchemist, wondered ifdiseases could be manipulated bymagnets, using lodestones as thebest magnets available then. Butnatural lodestones are quiteweak and few people paid muchattention to his ideas until thediscovery of carbon steelmagnets in the l7QO's.

During the ISOO's, most of thediscoveries relating electricity tomagnetism were made by theearly pioneers of our moderntechnical world by men such asGauss, Weber, Faraday andMaxwell.

Dne of the more interestingmagnetic theories postulates a

"Magnetic Field DeficiencySyndrome."

It is offered as an explanation ofbio-magnetic effects by Dr.Kyochi Nakagawa of Japan. TheEarth's magnetic field is not fixedin position or strength. In the lasthundred years, it has weakenedon average by about 6 percent. Inthe last thousand years it hasfallen nearly 3D percent. Dr.Nakagawa argues that sincehumans evolved in a magneticfield, it is necessary for properhealth. A falling magnetic fieldputs us at risk and magnetictherapy can make up the deficit.

In truth, no one reallyunderstands the mechanisms bywhich magnetic fields effecthuman health. There are manytheories and very littleconsensus. It is a problem ascomplicated as the constructionof the human being, concerningdozens of organs and thousandsof different molecules.

However, just because you can'texplain something, doesn't meanit can't happen.

For two hundred years, electro-magnets have been built fromcoils of wire powered byelectricity. Such devices can bepulsed to produce rapidlychanging magnetic fields, thisopens a whole new world ofmedical applications sincechanging magnetic fields caninduce tiny electrical currents inhuman tissue.

As far back as 1890. theAmerican Electro-TherapeuticAssociation conducted annualconferences on the therapeuticuse of electricity and electricaldevices by physicians on ailingpatients.

Today, Pulsing Electro-Magnetictherapy is approved by the FDAto promote the healing of non-healing bone unions.

Powerful electro-magnets arealso used in brain and muscleresearch to generate currentsstrong enough to fire nerves thattrigger sensations and flexmuscles.

There have been thousands ofresearch studies and clinicaltrials on Pulsed Electro-MagneticField Therapy.

Inside you will find samples fromover 2.DDD University leveldouble-blind studies concerningailments ranging from Arthritisto Vision, along with a briefsynopsis on the different typesof magnetic therapies.

Pioneers in thefield of PEMF

N i k o l a T e s l aIn 1895, through the genius ofNikola Tesla, the Niagara FallsPower Company began sendingalternating current (AC) toBuffalo, NY, twenty-five milesaway. Cities throughout theworld followed suit and made

commercial AC power availableto the general public, even milesfrom the power generatingstation. As a result. Tesla's highvoltage coil devices, which werepowered by AC. started tobecome widely known andapplied.

In 1838, Tesla published a paperthat he read at the eighth annualmeeting of the American Electro-

Therapeutic Association inBuffalo. NY. He states that one ofthe early observed andremarkable features of pulsedmagnetism was its apparentharmlessness, which made itpossible to pass relatively greatamounts of electrical energythrough the body of a person.Coils up to three feet in diameter

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There have been 2,000 universityEvolution of magnetic therapy framalternative to traditional medicineVallbona C, Richards I; Department ofFamily and Community Medicine, BaylorCollege nf Medicine. Houston, Texas. USA.

Equipment design for magnetic therapyand "Poius" devicesViktorovVA.MalkovluV.

Beneficial effects of electrn-magneticfieldsBassett CA., Bioelectric Research Center,Columbia University, Riverdale, New YorkIQ4G3.Clinical effectiveness of magnetic fieldtherapy--a review of the literatureQuittan M. Schuhfried Q, Wiesinger GF,Fialka-MaserV.;UniversitatsklinikfurPhysikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation,Wien.

Theoretical and practical aspects ofgeneral magnetatherapy[Article in Russian] Ulashchik VS.

Possible therapeutic applications ofpulsed magnetic fields[Article in Czech] Navratil L. Hlavaty V,Landsingerova E.

Pulsed magnetotherapy inCzechoslovakia-a review.Jerabek J. National Institute of PublicHealth, Praha, Czech Republic.

Electro-Magnetic fields and magnets.Investigations! treatment formusculoskeletal disordersTrack OH.; Yale University School ofMedicine, New Haven, Connecticut. USA.

A R T H R I T I SA study of the effects of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field Therapy with respect toserological grouping in rheumatoidarthritis.

Ganguly KS,SarkarAK,DattaAK,Rakshi tA. National Institute far theQrthnpaedically Handicapped (NIDH),Calcutta.

A case of congenital pseudarthrosis ofthe tibia treated with Pulsing Electro-Magnetic Fields. 17-year follow-up.ItoH.ShiraiY, GembunY.Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,Nippon Medical School, Tokyo. Japan.

A double-blind trial of the clinical effectsof electro-magnetic fields inosteoarthritis.TrockDH, Bullet AJ, Dyer RHJr, FieldingLP, Miner WK.Marko l lR.Department of Medicine (Rheumatology),Danbury Hospital, CTDG8IO.

The effect of Pulsed Electro-MagneticFields in the treatment of osteoarthritisof the knee and cervical spine. Report ofrandomized, double blind, placebocontrolled trials.TrockDH, BolletAJ.MarkollR.Department of Medicine, DanburyHospital,

Magnetic pulse treatment for kneeosteoarthritis: a randomised, dnuble-blind, placebo-controlled study.PipitnneN, Scott DL RheumatologyDepartment. King's College Hospital(Dulwich), London, UK.

Electro-Magnetic fields for the treatmentof osteoarthritis.

HuimeJ, Robinson V .DeB ieR, Wells G,JuddMJugwellP.Cochrane Collaborating Center, Centerfor Glubal Health, Institute of PopulationHealth - University of Ottawa, t StewartStreet, Ottawa. Ontario, Canada, KIN GN5.

Modification of osteoarthritis by PulsedElectro-Magnetic Field-a morphologicalstudy.

Ciombor DM, Aaron RK, Wang S, Simon B.;Department of Orthopaedics, BrownMedical School, Providence, Rl D290E3,

Pulsed magnetic field therapy forosteoarthritis of the knee-a double-blindsham-controlled trial.

Nicolakis P, Kallmitzer J, Crevenna R,Bittner C, Erdogmus CB, Nicnlakis J.Department of Physical Medicine andRehabilitation, AKH Wien. University ofVienna, Vienna, Austria.

Therapeutic effects of pulsed magneticfields on joint diseasesRiva Sanseverino E, Vannini A, CastellacciP.. Universitadi Bologna, Italy

CELL REGENERATIONEffect of external Pulsing Electro-Magnetic Fields on the healing of softtissue.

Glassman IS, McGrath MH, Bassett CA.Division of Plastic Surgery, MontefioreMedical Center, Albert Einstein College ofMedicine, New York, NY.

Pulsing Electro-Magnetic field therapy innerve regeneration: an experimentalstudy in the cat.

Orgel MG, O'Brien WJ, Murray HM.

Effect of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields(PEMF) on Dsteoblast-like cells.

Satake T. Department of Ural Biochemistry,Kanagawa Dental College

C I R C U L A T I O NMicrocirculatory effects of PulsedElectro-Magnetic Fields.Smith TL Wong-Gibbons D, MaultsbyJ.Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.Wake Forest University School of Medicine,Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC27157-1070, USA.

level double-blind medical studiesD E P R E S S I O NInfluence of electro-magnetic fields on theemotional behaviour of rats[Article in Russian] Semenova TP,Medvinskaia Nl. Bliskovka Gl. Akoev IG.Institute of Cell Biophysics, RussianAcademy of Sciences, Pushchina, Moscowregion, 142290 Russia.

Combining high and low frequencies inrTMS antidepressive treatment:preliminary results.Conca A, Di Pauli J, Beraus W. Hausmann A,Peschina W, Schneider H, Konig P,Hinterhuber H. Departments of PsychiatryI and II, Regional Hospital, B83D Rankweil,Austria.

Effect of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields(PEMF) on late-phase osteotomy gaphealing in a canine tibial model.InoueUhnishilChBnD.DeitzLW,SchwardtJD.ChanEY.Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, TheJohns Hopkins

Autoradiographic evaluation of electro-magnetic field effects on serotonin (5HTIA)receptors in rat brain.Johnson MI. McCullough J. Nindl G,Chamberlain JK. Terre Haute Center forMedical Education, Indiana UniversitySchool of Medicine. Terre Haute, IN 47809.USA.

D I A B E T E SThe use of Pulsed Electrn-Magnetic Fieldswith complex modulation in the treatmentof patients with diabetic polyneuropathy

Science Research Institute of MedicalRehabilitation. Baku, Azerbaidzhan

EDEMALow frequency and low intensity PulsedElectro-Magnetic Field exerts itsantiinflammatory effect throughrestoration of plasma membrane calciumATPase activity.

Selvam R. Ganesan K, Narayana Raju KV.Gangadharan AC, Manohar BM,Puvanakrishnan R. Department ofPharmacology and Toxicology, MadrasVeterinary College. Vepery, Chennai, India.

Protection against focal cerebral ischemiafollowing exposure to a Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field.

Grant G, Cadossi R, Steinberg G.Department of Neurosurgery. StanfordUniversity, California 94305

ENDOMETRIT ISA low-frequency alternating magnetic field.a supersonic-frequency current andinterference currents in the combinedtreatment of chronic nonspecificendometritisStrugatskii VM, PopovichlS.

F IBROMYALGIAExposure ta a specific pulsed low-frequency magnetic field: a double-blindplacebo-controlled study of effects an painratings in rheumatoid arthritis andfibramyalgia patients.

Lawson Health Research Institute, St.Joseph's Health Care, London. Ontario NBA4V2.

GLAUCOMAThe effect of a Pulsed Electro-MagneticField nn the hemodynamics of eyes withglaucoma.

Tsisel'ski luV, Kashintseva LT, Skrinnik AV.Russian

HEALINGMagnetic fields in physical therapy.Experience in orthopedics andtraumatology rehabilitation[Article in Italian], Borg MJ, Marcuccio F,PoerioAM. VangoneA.

Therapeutic effects of electro-magneticfields in the stimulation of connectivetissue repair

Aaron RK, Ginmbor DM., Department ofOrthopaedics, Brown University.Providence, Rhode Island D0928.

BONE HEALING

Pseudarthrosis after lumbar spinefusion: nonnperative salvage withPulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields.Simmons JW Jr, Mooney V, Thacker I.UTMB. Galvestan, Texas, USA.

Effects of static magnetic and PulsedElectro-Magnetic Fields on bone healing.

DarendelilerMA, Darendeliler A, SinclairPM. Discipline of Orthodontics, Facultyof Dentistry, University of Sydney,Australia.

Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields for thetreatment of bone fractures.Setter Syed A, Islam MS, Rabbani KS,TalukderMS.Industrial Physics Division. BCSIRLaboratories, Dhaka.

Effects of pulsed magnetic energy on amicrosurgically transferred vessel.Roland D, Ferder M. Kothuru R, FaiermanT, Strauch B. Department of Plastic andReconstructive Surgery at the AlbertEinstein College of Medicine. Bronx, NY,USA.

Exposure to pulsed magnetic fieldsenhances motor recovery in cats afterspinal cord injury.CrowEMJ.SunZP,BattodettiJH.Macias MY, Pintar FA. Maiman DJ.Neuroscience Research Laboratories,The Clement J. Zablocki VA MedicalCenter, Milwaukee. Wl 53295, USA.mcrowe^mcw.edu

Treatment of non-union of bonefractures by pulsing electro-magneticfields.

HutchingsJ.

SKIN WOUND HEALINGThe influence of pulsed electricalstimulation on the wound healing of burnedrat skin.

Castillo E. Sumano H, Fortoul Tl, Zepeda A.Department of Physiology andPharmacolagy, School of VeterinaryMedicine, National Autonomaus University

of Mexico, Mexico. D.F.

Effect of low frequency Pulsing Electro-Magnetic Fields on skin ulcers of venousorigin in humans: a double-blind study.leran M, Zaffuto S, Bagnacani M. Annovi M,Moratti A, Cadossi R. Department ofMedical Angiology, Arcispedale S. MariaNuova. Reggio Emilia, Italy

Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields inexperimental cutaneous wound healing inrats.Patina D, Grana D, Bolgiani A, PrezzaventoG, Mino J, Merlo A. Benaim F. Department ofPostgraduate Reconstructive and Plastic

Effects of pulsed extremely-luw-frequencymagnetic fields on skin wounds in the rat.

Dttani V. De Pasquale V, Govoni P, FranchiM, Zaniol P. Ruggeri A. Istituto di AnatomiaUmana Normals, Bologna, Italy. Effects ofmagnetic fields on skin wound healing.Experimental study.[Article in Spanish]Patina Q, Grana D. Bolgiani A, PrezzaventoG, Mioo J, Merle A. Benaim F. Department ofPostgraduate Reconstructive and PlasticSurgery, Universidad del Salvador andFundaciondelQuemado.

Effects of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fieldson rat skin metabolism.

De Loecker W, Delport PH, Cheng N.Afdeling Biochemie, Katholieke LJniversiteitte Leuven, Belgium.

HEMATOMAElectrochemical therapy of pelvic pain:

effects of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields

(PEMF) on tissue trauma.

Jorgensen WA, Frome BM, Wallach C.

International Pain Research Institute, Los

Angeles, California.

HYPERTENSIONThe treatment of hypertension patients

with electro-magnetic and magnetic fields.

Orzheshkovskii VV, Chopchik DI,

Paramonchik VM, Fastykovskii AD,

KovalenkoVP.

LYMPHOCYTESEffect of bioresonance therapy on

antioxidant system in lymphocytes in

patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Islamov Bl, Balabanova RM, FuntikovVA.

Gotovskii YV. Meizerov EE. Institute of

Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics,

Russian Academy uf Sciences. Pushchino,

Russia.

The effect of exposure to high flux density

static and pulsed magnetic fields on

lymphocyte function.

Aldinucci C, Garcia JB, Palmi M, Sgaragli G,

Benocci A, Meini A, Pessina F. Rossi C,

Bonechi C. Pessina GP;Department of

Physiology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

MIGRAINEInitial exploration of Pulsing Electro-

Magnetic Fields for treatment of migraine.

Sherman RA, Robson L, Marden LA. Service

of Orthopedic Surgery, Madigan Army

Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash. 38431, USA.

Treatment of migraine with Pulsing

Electro-Magnetic Fields: a double-blind,

placebo-controlled study.

Sherman RA. Acosta NM, Robson L.

Orthopedic Surgery Service, Madigan

Army Medical Center, Tacoma. WA 38431,

USA.

Impulse magnetic-field therapy for

migraine and other headaches: a

douhle-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Pelka RB. Jaenicke C, Gruenwald J.

Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen

Munich. Germany.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSISTherapy of day time fatigue in patients

with multiple sclerosis.

Zifko UA,; Sonderkrankenanstalt fur

Neurologic, KlinikPirawarth,

KurhausstrasselDD,A-2222Bad

Pirawarth, Austria

Effects of a Pulsed Electro-Magnetic

therapy on multiple sclerosis fatigue

and quality of life: a double-blind.

placebo controlled trial.

Lappin MS. Lawrie FW, Richards TL,

Kramer ED. Energy Medicine

Developments, (North America), Inc.,

Burke, Va, USA

Effect of extremely low frequency

(correction of frenquency) magnetic

field on brain ischemic reaction in rats.

Zhao L. Wet J, Van G. Wang Y, Huang Z.

Zhao D.; Institute of Space Medico-

Engineering, Beijing. China.

Theory of multichannel magnetic

stimulation: toward functional

neuromuscular rehabilitation.

Ruohonen J, Ravazzani P, Grandori F,

llmoniemi RJ.: BioMag Laboratory.

Helsinki University Central Hospital.

Finland.

NERVE R E P A I RPre-treatment of rats with Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields enhances regeneration ofthe sciatic nerve.Kanje M, Rusovan A, Sisken B, Lundborg G.Department of Animal Physiology,University of Lund, Sweden.

An experimental study of the effects nfPulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (Diapulse)on nerve repair.Raj iAM.

Effect of weak, Pulsing Electro-MagneticFields on neural regeneration in the rat.ItoH.BassettCA.

Effect of Pulsed Electro-Magneticstimulation on facial nerve regeneration.Byers JM, Clark KF, Thompson GC.Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Oniversity of Oklahoma Health SciencesCenter, Oklahoma City, USA.

A comparative study of the effects ofmagnetic stimulation and electricstimulation on peripheral nerve injury inrat.Bannaga A, Guo T, Duyang X, Hu D, Lin C,Cao F, Dun Y. Guo Z. Department ofOrthopedic Surgery. Tongji Hospital, TongjiMedical College, Huazhong University ofScience and Technology. Wuhan 430030.

Electro-Magnetic Fields influence NGFactivity and levels following sciatic nervetransaction.Longo FM, Yang T, Hamilton S. Hyde JF,Walker J, Jennes L. Stach R, Sisken BF.Department of Neurology, OCSF/VAMC,San Francisco, California, OSA.

Enhancement of functional recoveryfollowing a crush lesion to the rat sciaticnerve by exposure to Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields.

Walker JL, Evans JM. Resig P, Guarnieri S,Meade P, Sisken BS. Division ofOrthopaedic Surgery, University ofKentucky College of Medicine, ShrinersHospitals for Crippled Children. Lexington.

Stimulation of rat sciatic nerveregeneration with Pulsed Electro-MagneticFields.Sisken BF, Kanje M, Lundborg G, Herbst E,Kurtz W. Center for Biomedical Engineering,University of Kentucky. Lexington 405DG.

Effects of high-peak Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field on the degeneration andregeneration of the common peronealnerve in rats.Raj iAR.BowdenRE.

A multivariate approach to the treatmentof peripheral nerve transaction injury: therole of electro-magnetic Field Therapy

Zienowicz RJ, Thomas BA, Kurtz WH, DrgelMG. University of Massachusetts MedicalSchool, Berkshire Medical Center,Pittsfield.

NERVOUS SYSTEMMagnetic and electrical stimulation in therehabilitative treatment of patients withorganic lesions of the nervous systemTyshkevich TG. Nikitina VV; A. L. PolenovRussian Science Research NeurosurgicalInstitute. St. Petersburg.

History of magnetic stimulation of thenervous system.Geddes LA.; William A. HillenbrandBiomedical Engineering Center. PurdueUniversity. West Lafayette. Indiana 479U7.

Evaluation of treatment with a PulsedElectro-Magnetic Field on wound healing,clinicopathologic variables, and centralnervous system activity of dogs.

Scardino MS, Swaim SF. Sartin EA,Steiss JE, Spano JS, Hoffman CE,Coolman SL, Peppin BL. Scott-RitcheyResearch Center, College of VeterinaryMedicine, Auburn University, AL 3G849,USA.

NEUROPATHYPulsed magnetic field therapy inrefractory neuropathic pain secondaryto peripheral neuropathy:electrodiagnostic parameters-pilotstudy.Weintraub Ml, Cole SP. New York MedicalCollege, Briarcliff Manor, New York10510. USA

O S T E O P O R O S I SThe effect of long-term pulsing electro-magnetic field stimulation onexperimental osteoporosis of rats.

Mishima S. Department of OrthopedicSurgery, School of Medicine, Universityof Occupational and EnvironmentalHealth, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields preventosteoporosis in an ovariectomizedfemale rat model: a prostaglandin E2-associated process.

Chang K, Chang WH. Department ofBinmedical Engineering, Chung-YuanChristian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan,Republic of China.

Bone density changes in osteoporosis-prone women exposed to PulsedElectro-Magnetic Fields (PEMFs).Tabrah F, Hoffmeier M, Gilbert F Jr.Batkin S, Bassett CA. University ofHawaii School of Medicine, Straub Clinicand Hospital, Honolulu.

PAINEvaluation of electro-magnetic fields in the

treatment of pain in patients with lumbar

radiculopathy or the whiplash syndrome.

Thuile Ch, Walz! M.. International Society of

Energy Medicine. Vienna. Austria.

Pain management and electro-magnetic

medicine.

Duellette EA., University of Miami School of

Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and

Rehabilitation. Florida, USA.

Electrochemical therapy of pelvic pain:

effects of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields

(PEMF) on tissue trauma.

Jorgensen WA, Frome BM, Wallach C.

International Pain Research Institute, Los

Angeles. California.

Spine fusion for discogenic low back pain:

outcomes in patients treated with or

without Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field

stimulation.

Marks RA. Richardson Orthopaedic

Surgery. Texas 75U8D. USA.

Pulsed magnetic field therapy in refractory

neuropathic pain secondary to peripheral

neuropathy: electrodiagnostic

parameters-pilot study.

Weintraub Ml, Cole SP. New York Medical

College. Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510,

USA.

P A R K I N S O N ' SMagnetic fields in the treatment of

Parkinson's disease.

Sandyk R. Anninos PA, Tsagas N, Derpapas

K. Democrition University of Thrace.

Department of Medical Physics and

Polytechnic School, Alexandroupolis and

Xanthi, Greece.

PELVIC PAINElectrochemical therapy of pelvic pain:

effects of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields

(PEMF) on tissue trauma.

Jorgensen WA, Frome BM, Wallach C.

International Pain Research Institute, Los

Angeles. California.

RANGE OF MOTIONThe effect of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic

Fields in the treatment of cervical

osteoarthritis: a randomized, double-blind,

sham-controlled trial.

Ankara Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation Education and Research

Hospital. Turk ocagi S No: 3 Sihhiye, Ankara,

Turkey.

Therapy with Pulsed Electro-Magnetic

Fields in aseptic loosening of total hip

protheses: a prospective study.

Orszagos Reumatologiai es Fizioterapias

IntEzet, Budapes, Hungary.

TENDONIT ISPulsed magnetic and electro-magnetic

fields in experimental achilles tendonitis in

the rat: a prospective randomized study.

Department of Orthopaedics and

Traumatology, Chinese University of Hong

Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin. New

Territories, Hong Kong

Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field therapy of

persistent rotator cuff tendinitis. A double-

blind controlled assessment.

Binder A. Parr G, Hazleman B. Fitton-

JacksonS.

The effect of Pulsed Electro-Magnetic

Fields on flexor tendon healing in chickens.

Robotti E, Zimhler AG, Kenna D. Grossman

JA. Miami Children's Hospital. USA.

Pulsed magnetic and electro-magnetic

fields in experimental achilles tendonitis

in the rat: a prospective randomized

study.

LeeEW,Maf fu l i iN ,L iCK,CnanKM.

Department of Orthopaedics and

Traumatology, Chinese University of

Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital,

Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

U L C E R SA portable Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field

(PEMF) device to enhance healing of

recalcitrant venous ulcers: a double-

blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Ronald 0. Perelman Department of

Dermatology, New York University

Medical Center, New York.

Treatment of chronic varicose ulcers

with Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields: a

controlled pilot study.

Department of Dermatology, Belfast City

Hospital.

VISIONThe effect of a Pulsed Electro-Magnetic

Field on the hemodynamics of eyes with

glaucoma

[Article in Russian] Tsisel'skii luV,

Kashintseva LT, SkrinnikAV.

Effectiveness of magnetotherapy in

optic nerve atrophy. A preliminary study

[Article in Russian] ZobinaLV,

Drlovskaia LS, Sokov SL Sabaeva GF,

KondeLA. Iakov levAA.

Possibilities of magnetotherapy in

stabilization of visual function in

patients with glaucoma

[Article in Russian] Bisvas Shutanto

Kumar, Listopadova NA.

Types of Magnetic TherapyConstant

Energy Magnets

Lang popular in Japan.magnet therapy has entered publicawareness in the United States,stimulated by golfers and tennisplayers extolling the virtues afmagnets in the treatment ofsports-related injuries. Magneticknee, shoulder, and ankle pads, aswell as insoles and mattress pads,are widely available.

Magnet therapy has a longhistory in traditional folk medicine.Reliable documentation tells usthat Chinese doctors believed inthe therapeutic value of magnetsat least 2.DDD years ago andprobably earlier than tbat. In IGthceotury Europe. Paracelsus usedmagnets to treat a variety ofailments.

\o centuries later, Mesmer

became famous for treatingvarious disorders with magnets.

In the middle decades of theZOth century, scientists in variousparts of the world beganperforming studies on thetherapeutic use of magnets. Fromthe 1940s on, magnets becameincreasingly popular in Japan.Yoshio Manaka, one of theinfluential Japaneseacupuncturists of the twentiethcentury, used magnets inconjunction with acupuncture.Magnet therapy also became acommonly used technique of self-administered medicine in Japan.During the 1970s, both magnetsand electro-magnetic machinesbecame popular among athletes inmany countries for treatingsports-related injuries.

In the United States, it wasonly in 097 that properly designedclinical trials of magnets began tobe reported. Results of severalpreliminary studies suggested thatboth static magnets and electro-magnetic therapy may indeed offertherapeutic benefits for severaldisorders.

These findings have escalatedresearch interest in magnettherapy.

Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Energy

Pulsed Electro-Magnetic FieldTherapy is non-static, quite unliketherapy with standard magnets,which is static.

Pulsed Electro-Magnetic FieldTherapy is used in two main ways:Pulsed Electro-Magnetic FieldTherapy (PEMF) or a specialversion of PEMF called repetitivetranscranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS).

PEMF therapy has been usedto stimulate bone repair in non-union and other fractures sincethe 1970s. This use has beenapproved by the FDA. Althoughbone has a remarkable capacity toheal from injury, in some casesthe broken ends do not join: theseare called non-union fractures.PEMF has shown promise for otherconditions as well. Now, manystudies are showing its beoefits inhealing soft-tissue wounds;suppressing inflammatoryresponses at the cell membrane

level to alleviate pain, and increaserange of motion.

PEMF is now beinginvestigated experimentally forosteoarthritis. stress incontinence,migraines, and many otherconditions.

A special form of Electro-Magnetic therapy, repetitivetranscranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS). is also undergoing closestudy. rTMS is designedspecifically to treat the brain withlow-frequency magnetic pulses.Many studies suggest that rTMSmight be beneficial for depression.It is also being studied for thetreatment of Parkinson's disease,epilepsy, schizophrenia, andobsessive-compulsive disorder.

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were used for magneticallytreating the body without contact,though ten to a hundred thousandvolts were present "between thefirst and last turn". Teslaconcludes that bodily "tissues arecondensers" in the 1898 paper,which is the basic component(dielectric) for an equivalentcircuit only recently developed for

the human body. In fact, therelative permittivity for tissue atany frequency from ELF (IU Hz-IUDHz) through RF (ID kHz-100 MHz)exceeds most commerciallyavailable dielectrics on themarket.

This unique property of the humanbody indicates an inherentadaptation and perhaps innate

compatibility toward thepresence of high voltage electricfields, probably due to the hightransmembrane potential alreadypresent in cellular tissue.

Tesla also indicates that theafter-effect from his coiltreatment was certainlybeneficial.

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...Pioneers continued

G e o r g e s L a k h n v s k y

Georges lakhovsky's philosophy wasthat "the amplitude of cell oscillationsmust reach a certain value, in orderthat the organism be strong enough torepulse the destructive vibrationsfrom certain microbes." He goes on tosay, "The remedy in my opinion, is not

to kill the microbes in contact with the healthy cells but to reinforce theoscillations of the cell either directly by reinforcing the activity of theblood or in producing on the cells a direct action by means of theproper rays." Lakhovsky's Radio-Cellulo-Dscillator (RCD) producedlow frequency ELF all the way through gigahertz radinwaves with lotsof "extremely short harmonics." His book, The Secret of Life was firstpublished in English in 1939. In 1949, a review of Lakhovsky's work waspublished as Waves That Heal by Mark Clement. Lakhovsky's theory isthat each cell in the body of an organism-be it a plant, an animal, or ahuman being-is in itself a little radio receiver and works on its ownspecial little frequency. Each cell, in addition to being tissue, inaddition to being biology, is also electricity. Dn that theory, he held thatpathology was a not matter of biological concern or intervention, butone of electrical concern and intervention. The record of his treatmentof degenerative disease, with what amounts to an early "energy-medicine" device, was remarkable.

A n t o i n e P r i a r e

Antoine Priare's electro-magnetic therapymachine was perfected during the t9GD'sand early 7D's as a team of leading Frenchscientists demonstrated conclusive, totalremissions of terminal tumors andinfectious diseases in hundreds oflaboratory anima - all funded by theFrench Government. Complete remissionof the treated diseases was obtained. Inaddition, the animals' immune systems

were restored to normal. Antoine Priore began working in 194445 todevelop an electro-magnetic device which cured cancer. He got thebacking of some very interesting and courageous people, including theworld-famous immunologist Or. Raymond Pautrizel of the University ofBordeaux II, who did all the animal work. When Dr. Pautrizel arrived onthe scene, he decided to take the research in another direction andbegan to use the machine to treat what he knew best which wassleeping sickness in animals. Sleeping sickness was of primary concernto Dr. Pautrizel because it is a widespread affliction in tropicalcountries.

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When he injected rabbits with the pathogen trypansome, which causessleeping sickness, the rabbits would all die within 72 hours. But whenexposed to the Priore device, these same rabbits would live. Yet theirblood was still teeming with the trypanosomes which could beextracted from the radiated rabbits and injected into other controlrabbits, which would then die. This implies that the machine was doingsomething electro-magnetically to the rabbits' immune systems suchthat they were able to fight off a lethal disease which would normallykill them in 72 hours!

R o b e r t B e c k e r

A pioneering medical doctor in the IBGD's, Dr.Becker is most famous for his book, TheBody Electric, which gives anautobiographical account of his lifeexperiences with bioelectro-magnetics.Not only did he establish that the Chinesemeridians of the body are skin pathways ofdecreased electrical resistance, but hediscovered a host of other bioelectric

effects within the body as well, such as electrostimulating limb-regEneration in mammals. He also worked on electrically stimulatingbone growth with Dr. Andrew Bassett. who along with Dr. Arthur Pilla,developed a very effective PEMF generator to stimulate bone fracturehealing, now approved by the FDA with an 80% success rate. SimilarPEMF signals recently have been used effectively to preventosteoporosis even in patients with an ovariectomy.

A b r a h a m L i b n f f

A modern-day physicist and inventor.Dr. Abraham Liboff is the discovererof electric-field and geomagnetic ioncyclotron resonance, which morereliably explains the resonantinteraction of static magnetic fieldswith endogenous AC electric fields inbiological systems. A physicist withOakland University, he has introduced

significant physics principles into the field of bioelectromagnetics. His"Method and Apparatus for the Treatment of Cancer" (US Patent#5,211,622) tunes an alternating magnetic field superimposed on astatic magnetic field, to maintain a combined effect that has theproper cyclotron resonance frequency so that the neoplastic tissuecontaining a preselected ion can be treated to bring about a decreasein the proliferation rate of the cancer cells. It also can be combinedwith a chemotherapeutic agent for a synergistic effect. However, it isnoted in the patent disclosure that "up to 100 days of treatment willprovide beneficial results".