Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine guidelines

Magnet therapy

Guidelines, reviews

Analgesia, anesthesia - Magnet therapy

• United States of America
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Magnets for Pain
• Articles in journals
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
    • Static magnets for reducing pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials [2007]

Cerebrovascular disorders - Magnet therapy

• Articles in journals
  • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
    • Using non-invasive brain stimulation to augment motor training-induced plasticity [2009]
  • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
    • Contribution of transcranial magnetic stimulation to the understanding of mechanisms of functional recovery after stroke [2010]
  • Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation
    • The Corticospinal System and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Stroke [2009]

Digestive system diseases - Magnet therapy

• Articles in journals
  • Canadian Family Physician
    • Treating nausea and vomiting with magnets [2004]

Mental disorders - Magnet therapy

• Articles in journals
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
    • Efficacy of rapid-rate repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2005]
    • A framework for targeting alternative brain regions with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression [2005]
  • Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
    • Somatic therapies for treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders [2007]
    • A review of the new minimally invasive brain stimulation techniques in psychiatry [2001]

Multiple indications - Magnet therapy

• United States of America
  • InteliHealth
    • Magnet Therapy
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Magnet Therapy
• Articles in journals
  • Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • Static Magnetic Field Therapy: A Critical Review of Treatment Parameters [2009]

Musculoskeletal diseases - Magnet therapy

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Electromagnetic fields for the treatment of osteoarthritis
• Articles in journals
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    • Pulsed electromagnetic energy treatment offers no clinical benefit in reducing the pain of knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review [2006]
  • British Medical Journal
    • Magnet therapy [2006]
  • Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
    • Effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in the management of osteoarthritis of the knee: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [2009]
  • Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia
    • Static magnets: what are they and what do they do? [2009]

Neoplasms - Magnet therapy

• United States of America
  • Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
    • Electromagnetic Therapy

Nervous system diseases - Magnet therapy

• Articles in journals
  • European Neurology
    • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsies: Rationale and Clinical Experience [2010]
  • Experimental Neurology
    • Translational Development Strategy for Magnetic Seizure Therapy [2009]

Skin diseases - Magnet therapy

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Electromagnetic therapy for treating venous leg ulcers
    • Electromagnetic therapy for treating pressure sores

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