Electromagnetic therapy

Electromagnetic therapy or electromagnetic field therapy is therapy involving the use of electromagnetic radiation to alter neuronal activity.^[1] This subfield of neurotherapy uses medical devices, such as magnets or electromagnets to treat mental and physical health disorders in patients.^[1]

Electromagnetic therapy
Other names	Electromagnetic field therapy
ICD-10-PCS	6A2
MeSH	D055909

Types include^{[citation needed]} :

• Bioelectromagnetics, the study of how electromagnetic fields interact with and influence biological processes.^[2]
• Electrotherapy, the use of electrical or electromagnetic energy in medicine;^[3]
• Electromagnetic therapy (alternative medicine), the use of electromagnetic radiation to treat disease. Evidence of efficacy is lacking.^[4]
• Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, or PEMF, the use of weak electromagnetic fields to initiate osteogenesis.^[5]
• Alternating electric field therapy, also known as "Tumor Treating Fields", the use of electric fields as an anti-mitotic therapy for cancer patients.
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a non-invasive, widely approved therapy that uses magnetic fields to stimulate specific areas of the brain to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other neurological and psychiatric conditions, especially in patients who do not respond to medication, with strong clinical evidence supporting its effectiveness.^[6]

See also

• Magnet therapy, use of static magnetic fields with the aim of treating disease. Evidence of efficacy is lacking.
• Neurotherapy