Magnetotherapy—a brief excursion through the centuries |
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Authors: | N Giordano P Papakostas E Battisti A Albanese M Rigato A Montella R Nuti |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences of the University of Siena and TAMMEF (Therapeutic Application of Musically Modulated Electromagnetic Fields) Centre of the University of Siena, Viale Bracci 1, Siena, 53100, Italy |
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Abstract: | The study and observation of electromagnetic phenomena have followed the evolution of human thought from the dawn of civilization
to the present day; also magnetotherapy has followed a similar path. Magnetotherapy has been applied and continues to be applied
in many branches and fields of medicine, as it accelerates the healing of fractures, has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties
that can help in inflammatory or degenerative diseases of bones, joints and the peripheral nervous system, and stimulates
the healing of open skin lesions (such as bed sores, diabetic ulcers) etc. If magnetotherapy has so many fields of application
in medicine, we may therefore ask why doubts, prejudice and limitations to its therapeutic use still exist. This brief historical
excursion wants to give a small contribution to answer the question. |
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Keywords: | Magnetotherapy History Human life Biosphere Application in medicine |
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