TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Electromagnetic Stimulation for Wound Repair A1 - Kloth, Luther C. A1 - Pilla, Arthur A. A2 - McCulloch, Joseph M. A2 - Kloth, Luther C. PY - 2010 T2 - Wound Healing Evidence-Based Management, 4e AB - In this chapter we will cover the use of exogenously applied, time-varying electromagnetic (EM) fields from the nonionizing radio frequency (RF) part of the EM spectrum, which, when placed near open or closed wounded soft and hard tissues, will induce a healing electric field inside those tissues that is proportional to the rate of change of the magnetic field. In this context we will present the evidence for the use of nonthermal pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF), pulsed radio frequency energy (PRF), and low-level thermal PRF, which may also be referred to as pulsed shortwave diathermy (PSWD), as adjunctive treatments for patients with chronic wounds. Please note that continuous shortwave diathermy (CSWD) is also derived from the 27.12-MHz frequency, but because it is capable of generating vigorous tissue heating if tissues are in well vascularized tissues, it is generally not used for wound healing applications. Table 27.1 lists devices and their acronyms. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184833955 ER -