SynthesisWiener klinische Wochenschrift2022
Effects of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy on outcomes associated with osteoarthritis : A systematic review of systematic reviews.
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- Efficacy of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy on pain and physical function in patients with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Efficacy of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy on Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Pain: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Trial
- Feasibility, acceptance and effects of pulsed magnetic field therapy in patients with post-COVID-19 fatigue syndrome : A randomized controlled pilot study.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: A double-blind, randomized-controlled trial.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Pulsed electromagnetic fields inhibit IL-37 to alleviate CD8Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2024Article
- Extracorporeal Magnetotransduction Therapy as a New Form of Electromagnetic Wave Therapy: From Gene Upregulation to Accelerated Matrix Mineralization in Bone Healing.Biomedicines · 2024Article
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- In Vitro Investigation of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Stimulation (PEMF) with MAGCELLJournal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Current Evidence Using Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields in Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Stress-Activated Protein Kinases in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Unraveling the Impact of JNK and p38 MAPK.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Italian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society (SIOT) position statement on the non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2023Review
- Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMF)-Physiological Response and Its Potential in Trauma Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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- A Novel Method to Achieve Precision and Reproducibility in Exposure Parameters for Low-Frequency Pulsed Magnetic Fields in Human Cell Cultures.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative disease of multiple joints with a rising prevalence. Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy may provide a cost-effective, noninvasive, and safe therapeutic modality with growing popularity and use in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was to synthesize the current knowledge on the use of PEMF in OA.
methodsA systematic review of systematic reviews was performed. The PubMed, Embase, PEDro and Web of Science databases were searched based on a predetermined protocol.
resultsOverall, 69 studies were identified. After removing the duplicates and then screening title, abstract and full text, 10 studies were included in the final analysis. All studies focused on knee OA, and four studies also reported on cervical, two on hand, and one on ankle OA. In terms of the level of evidence and bias, most studies were of low or medium quality. Most concurrence was observed for pain reduction, with other endpoints such as stiffness or physical function showing a greater variability in outcomes.
conclusionThe PEMF therapy appears to be effective in the short term to relieve pain and improve function in patients with OA. The existing studies used very heterogeneous treatment schemes, mostly with low sample sizes and suboptimal study designs, from which no sufficient proof of efficacy can be derived. A catalogue of measures to improve the quality of future studies has been drawn up.
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