Methodological Limits
Whole-Body Low-Frequency PEMF: Stringent Systematic Review
Grade n/aSystematic review
What did this study find?
Applying stringent inclusion criteria, this systematic review accepted only eleven randomized, sham-controlled, double-blind human studies of whole-body low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields. It concluded that evidence for broad whole-body therapeutic effects is insufficient. We publish this as a stated limitation of the field, not as a footnote to it.
What are the details of this record?
- Full citation
- Whole-Body Low-Frequency PEMF: Stringent Systematic Review.
- Study design
- Systematic review
- Sample size and population
- 11 randomized sham-controlled double-blind human studies
- Evidence grade
- Grade n/a on the BioReg grading scale
- Reported findings
- Concluded evidence for broad whole-body therapeutic effects is insufficient. Published as a stated limitation.
- DOI
- No DOI recorded
- PubMed
- Not indexed in PubMed
- Related categories
- Methodological Limits (category grade n/a)
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.