OBJECTIVES: Thls pilot study was performed to InvestlKate the applleablilty and po..lble elin Icai effeets nf Pulsed-Eleetro-MaKnetle-Flelds (PEMF) In patients.
OBJECTIVES: Thls pilot study was performed to InvestlKate the applleablilty and po..lble elin Icai effeets nf Pulsed-Eleetro-MaKnetle-Flelds (PEMF) In patients wllh treatment reslstaut depr...lnn. MA TERIAL and METHODS: Eleven patients sufferluK frnm treatment reslstant depre..lou partlclpated In the trlal. They were Informed that the PEMF treatment was uperlmental and that no serlous side effeets has been deserlbed from the use of PEMF In other elin Icai areas (PEMF treatment nf arthroslsln neek, splne, larKe joints and bone heallnK). Patients wllh Intra eranlal meta11mplants or Implanted eleetronle devlees were excluded. DuratIon of treatment was planned to last 5 weeks. Depre..lon ratlnK and elin Icai a ment was done at start olstudy.
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The Major Depre..lon Inventory (MDI) was u&ed to measure the severlty of depr...lon throuKhout the study. ChanKe In MDI at baseUne and end of study wal
