Assessment of the efficacy and safety of low frequency, low intensity magnetic fields in patients after knee endoprosthesis plasty. Part 1: In Vitro Safety

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-162

  Bł aszczak, Edward ^a   Franek, Andrzej ^a   Taradaj, Jakub ^a   Widuchowski, Jerzy ^b   Klimczak, Jerzy ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Oddzial Chirurgii Kolana Specjalistycznego Szpitala Chirurgii Urazowej w Piekarach Slaskich   (Poland)

^c Oddzia Rehabilitacji Narzadu Ruchu Gornoslaskiego Centrum Rehabilitacji w Ustroniu   (Poland)

Author keywords

Knee endoprosthesis; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ENDOPROSTHESES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; IN-VITRO; KNEE ENDOPROSTHESIS; LOW-INTENSITY; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTANGULAR PULSE; VITRO STUDIES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE ENDOPROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAGNETOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; MAGNETISM;

SOLENOIDEA;

HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAGNETICS;

EID: 63149154360     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20457     Document Type: Article

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