Pulsed radio frequency energy (PRFE) use in human medical applications

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-45

  Guo, Lifei ^a   Kubat, Nicole J ^b   Isenberg, Richard A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Regenesis Biomedical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical efficacy studies; Electromagnetic field; Non postoperative pain and edema; Postoperative pain and edema; Radio frequency; Safety; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFICACY; NON POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AND EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AND EDEMA; RADIO FREQUENCY; SAFETY; WOUND HEALING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEALTH; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIO WAVES; TISSUE;

RADIO;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDEMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EDEMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIO WAVES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79955791379     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368378.2011.566775     Document Type: Article

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