ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022
Case report: Individualized pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in a Long COVID patient using the Adaptive Force as biomarker.
Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- 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
- High prevalence of muscle stability deficits in semi-professional football players-Adaptive Force assessment reveals selective impairment of holding capacity with preserved maximal strength: A cross-sectional study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of Action of Low-Frequency Pulsed Magnetic Fields in Pain Control.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Adaptive Force of hamstring muscles is reduced in patients with knee osteoarthritis compared to asymptomatic controls.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Another Way to Confuse Motor Control: Manual Technique Supposed to Shorten Muscle Spindles Reduces the Muscular Holding Stability in the Sense of Adaptive Force in Male Soccer Players.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- How to Confuse Motor Control: Passive Muscle Shortening after Contraction in Lengthened Position Reduces the Muscular Holding Stability in the Sense of Adaptive Force.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Adaptive Force as a Potential Biomechanical Parameter in the Recovery Process of Patients with Long COVID.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Repeated measurements of Adaptive Force: Maximal holding capacity differs from other maximal strength parameters and preliminary characteristics for non-professional strength vs. endurance athletes.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The increasing prevalence of Long COVID is an imminent public health disaster, and established approaches have not provided adequate diagnostics or treatments. Recently, anesthetic blockade of the stellate ganglion was reported to improve Long COVID symptoms in a small case series, purportedly by "rebooting" the autonomic nervous system. Here, we present a novel diagnostic approach based on the Adaptive Force (AF), and report sustained positive outcome for one severely affected Long COVID patient using individualized pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) at the area C7/T1. AF reflects the capacity of the neuromuscular system to adapt adequately to external forces in an isometric holding manner. In case, maximal isometric AF (AFiso
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