title: The effects of static magnetic fields on bone.
abstract: All the living beings live and evolve under geomagnetic field (25-65 μT). Besides, opportunities for human exposed to different intensities of static magnetic fields (SMF) in the workplace have increased progressively, such SMF range from weak magnetic field (<1 mT), moderate SMF (1 mT-1 T) to high SMF (>1 T). Given this, numerous scientific studies focus on the health effects and have demonstrated that certain magnetic fields have positive influence on our skeleton systems. Therefore, SMF is considered as a potential physical therapy to improve bone healing and keep bones healthy nowadays. Here, we review the mechanisms of effects of SMF on bone tissue, ranging from physical interactions, animal studies to cellular studies.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Chong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Yimin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Institute of Special Environmental Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China. Electronic address: shangpeng@nwpu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D055909:Magnetic Field Therapy; D060526:Magnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects; D023421:Models, Animal
keywords: Bone; Bone cells; Magneto therapy; Static magnetic field