Post-Surgical Recovery
PEMF After Breast Reduction: Double-Blind Pilot
Grade BRandomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial2010
What did this study find?
In this double-blind placebo-controlled pilot, patients recovering from breast reduction surgery received either active pulsed electromagnetic field treatment or a sham device. The active group reported lower postoperative pain and used fewer narcotics. As a pilot the study was small, and its results call for confirmation in a larger trial.
What are the details of this record?
- Full citation
- PEMF After Breast Reduction: Double-Blind Pilot. 2010. PMID: 20527063.
- Study design
- Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
- Sample size and population
- Breast reduction patients
- Evidence grade
- Grade B on the BioReg grading scale
- Reported findings
- Lower postoperative pain and narcotic use vs sham.
- DOI
- No DOI recorded
- PubMed
- PMID 20527063
- Related categories
- Post-Surgical Recovery (category grade B+)
A positive PEMF study is not evidence for a specific device unless the signal parameters studied, frequency, intensity, waveform, and exposure duration, are reasonably comparable to what that device produces. Where this record does not list those parameters, the source report did not publish them. See the grading methodology. Library last reviewed 2026-08-27.