What did this study find?
A 2026 laboratory study examining how pulsed electromagnetic fields affect mitochondrial respiration in cell cultures, tissue homogenates and isolated mitochondria. The findings describe mechanism at the bench only. There is no human clinical evidence in this paper, and preclinical results of this kind frequently fail to reproduce in patients.
What are the details of this record?
- Full citation
- PEMF and Mitochondrial Respiration. Sci Rep. 2026. PMID: 41618092.
- Journal
- Sci Rep
- Study design
- Preclinical laboratory study
- Sample size and population
- Cell cultures, tissue homogenates, isolated mitochondria
- Evidence grade
- Grade F on the BioReg grading scale
- Reported findings
- PEMF effects on mitochondrial respiration linked to ATP synthesis. PRECLINICAL ONLY. Does not support any human ATP percentage claim.
- PubMed
- PMID 41618092
- Related categories
- Mechanistic (Preclinical) (category grade F)
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.