Exercise Recovery

    PEMF and HRV Recovery After Physical Strain: RCT

    Grade C+Randomized controlled trial2007

    What did this study find?

    This 2007 randomized trial measured heart rate variability recovery after physical strain in participants treated with pulsed electromagnetic fields. Short-term variability returned toward baseline faster in the treated group. The outcome is a physiological recovery marker rather than a performance or health endpoint, and the study was small.

    What are the details of this record?

    Full citation
    PEMF and HRV Recovery After Physical Strain: RCT. 2007. PMID: 17674028.
    Study design
    Randomized controlled trial
    Sample size and population
    Not reported in the published record
    Evidence grade
    Grade C+ on the BioReg grading scale
    Reported findings
    Faster short-term heart rate variability recovery following physical strain.
    DOI
    No DOI recorded

    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.