OBJECTIVE To evaluate to what extent a twice daily dose of Transcranial Pulsating ElectroMagnetic Fields (T-PEMF) was superior to once daily in patients with treatment-resistant depression as to obtaining symptom remission after 8 weeks of augmentation therapy. METHODS A self-treatment set-up of the T-PEMF device was used allowing self-administration by patients in own homes. All patients wer...

We tested the hypothesis that electromagnetic field (EMF) stimulation enhances chondrogenesis in human adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) in a chondrogenic microenvironment. A two-dimensional hyaluronan (HA)-coated well (2D-HA) and a three-dimensional pellet culture system (3D-pellet) were used as chondrogenic microenvironments. The ADSCs were cultured in 2D-HA or 3D-pellet, and then treated wi...

Aim of study was to verify whether pulsating electromagnetic field (PEMF) can affect cancer cells proliferation and death. U937 human lymphoid cell line at densities starting from 1 x 10(6) cells/ml to 0.0625 x 10(6) cells/ml, were exposed to a pulsating magnetic field 50 Hz, 45+/-5 mT three times for 3 h per each stimulation with 24 h intervals. Proliferation has been studied by counting numbe...

INTRODUCTION: Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMF) have proven to be effective in accelerating healing in delayed unions and in healing nonunions [1]. The effectiveness of a new PEMF signal which requires less power than the existing devices was demonstrated in animal models [2,3]. However, the optimal dose of the stimulation has yet to be determined. The purpose of this study was to investigat...

BACKGROUND Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) is reported to be an effective adjunct for the management of nonunion long-bone fractures. Most studies implement PEMF treatment after 6 months or longer of delayed union or nonunion following fracture treatment. Despite these variations in treatment, the early application of PEMF following a diagnosis of a postoperative delayed union has not been ...

OBJECTIVE Many reviews have been previously published on the efficacy of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) in the management of knee OA. However, their results regarding pain and function yielded conflicting conclusions. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the efficacy of PEMF as compared with a placebo. METHODS We reviewed randomized, placebo-controlled trials using electronic ...

Current interest in the application of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) as alternative therapy for different medical conditions has proved to be successful. A number of investigations demonstrated that low frequency PEMF enables the induction of significant current in tissues and allows for an enhanced biological effect and thus, can facilitate wound healing. In our previous study [1] we pre...

Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) devices have been used clinically to promote the healing of surgically resistant fractures in vivo. However, there is a sparsity of data on how the timing of an applied PEMF effects the osteogenic cells that would be present within the fracture gap. The purpose of this study was to examine the response of osteoblast-like cells to a PEMF stimulus, mimicking th...

INTRODUCTION Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) induces pulsed electric field, which presumably increases membrane permeabilization of the exposed cells, similar to the conventional electroporation. Thus, contactless PEMF could represent a promising approach for drug delivery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Noninvasive electroporation was performed by magnetic field pulse generator connected to an ap...