title: [Static magnetic fields and its biomedical effects].
abstract: Nowadays, health care products based on static magnetic fields (SMF) and merchandise of magnetic therapy are popular around the world. But the biomedical effects of SMF to animals or human beings remain a widely concerned controversy. In this paper, the recent researches in China and abroad about the biomedical effects of SMF were reviewed in three levels: the cellular, animal and human levels. Nevertheless, these data were not consistent with each other and even some contradicts others' researches. So, it is necessary to do more and further studies on SMF dosing regiman, sham control magnetic device and blinding procedures to obtain the optimal magnetic intensity, the desired therapeutic effects in practical cases and prepare for applying the SMF in biomedical fields more effectively in the future.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Lijiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zhicai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Huaiqing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D055909:Magnetic Field Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control