Comparison between the analgesic and therapeutic effects of a musically modulated electromagnetic field (TAMMEF) and those of a 100 Hz electromagnetic field: Blind experiment on patients suffering from cervical spondylosis or shoulder periarthritis

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 253-258

  Rigato, M ^a,b   Battisti, E ^a   Fortunato, M ^a   Giordano, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PATHOLOGY;

THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; PERIARTHRITIS; SIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036857124     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309190021000025873     Document Type: Article

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