Magnetic Field Therapy

References

Citations

1. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2004). Research Report: Questions and Answers About Using Magnets to Treat Pain (NCCAM Publication No. D208). Available online: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/magnet/magnetq-and-a.htm.

Other Works Consulted

• Murray MT, Bongiorno PB (2006). Osteoarthritis. In JE Pizzorno Jr, MT Murray, eds., Textbook of Natural Medicine, 3rd ed., pp. 1961–1975. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

• Brown CS, et al. (2002). Efficacy of static magnetic field therapy in chronic pelvic pain: A double-blind pilot study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 187(6): 1581–1587.

• Eccles NK (2005). A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study to investigate the effectiveness of a static magnet to relieve dysmenorrhea. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 11(4): 681–687.

• Weintraub M, et al. (2008). Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Pain Management. New York: Springer.

• Weintraub MI, et al. (2003). Static magnetic field therapy for symptomatic diabetic neuropathy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84(5): 736–746.

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