Electromagnetic therapy-

The application of low gauss electromagnets have been used by alternative medicine practitioners for over a hundred years for a variety of purposes, including cell growth promotion, pain reduction, improved blood circulation, bone repair, increased wound healing, sedative effects, enhanced sleep, and arthritic relief.  Most of the claims have been disproven, however there is low level alpha evidence in 2 out of three trials for venous leg ulcers healed faster with EMT. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jul 2(7):CD002933)   There is alpha evidence of reduction of pain by 1.5 points on the VAS scale but no significant improvement in function for those receiving electromagnetic therapy for arthritis (Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Dec 14(12): CD003523)  There is marginal beta evidence in a small trial using EMT for treatment of healing of pressure ulcers (Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Sep 3(9):CD002930)  There is beta evidence pulsed electromagnetic field therapy may be useful to treat adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder with 30% pain relief vs 0% for placebo (Cochrane Databse Syst Rev 2014 Oct 1;(10):CD011324).