What did this study find?
This 2013 randomized trial treated patients whose fractures had failed to unite on schedule with pulsed electromagnetic field stimulation or standard care. Union was achieved in 77.4 percent of treated patients against 48.1 percent of controls. Bone stimulation of this kind is a regulated clinical indication distinct from general wellness use.
What are the details of this record?
- Full citation
- PEMF for Delayed Union: RCT. 2013. PMID: 23331333.
- Study design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Sample size and population
- Delayed union patients
- Evidence grade
- Grade B+ on the BioReg grading scale
- Reported findings
- Union rates 77.4% with PEMF vs 48.1% control.
- DOI
- No DOI recorded
- PubMed
- PMID 23331333
- Related categories
- Bone Healing (Delayed & Nonunion) (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.