What did this study find?
Thirty subjects with exercise-induced muscle soreness were randomized to pulsed electromagnetic field treatment or control. Perceived soreness and several electrophysiologic measures improved, but peak torque did not, so the treatment changed how recovery felt without restoring measured muscle force. Both outcomes matter when interpreting recovery claims.
What are the details of this record?
- Full citation
- PEMF for Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness: RCT. Phys Ther Sport. 2014. PMID: 24906295.
- Journal
- Phys Ther Sport
- Study design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Sample size and population
- 30 subjects
- Evidence grade
- Grade C+ on the BioReg grading scale
- Reported findings
- Improved perceived muscle soreness and some electrophysiologic DOMS measures. Did NOT improve peak torque.
- PubMed
- PMID 24906295
- Related categories
- Exercise Recovery (category grade C+)
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.