| Study on the effect of pulsing electromagnetic fields using the example of the susceptibility of circulatory parameters | Horst Michaelis, Dipl. Spw., Director of the AFB

 

Abstract

The relative capillary blood volume in the finger pad of the middle finger of the left hand and its variability under the effects of a pulsing electromagnetic field.

 

The BEMER 3000 and a precursor of this system were used. The measurement method was the near-infra-red remission photoplethysmography (NIRP), CMMD device model. Using this method the quantitative changes of peripheral circulatory parameters can be determined and it makes possible measurements in the microcirculation.

The relative microvascular blood filling volumes was of interest to the study. This magnitude results from the computation of the surface of the volume pulse of each individual heart action. The evaluation refers to a measurement time of 64 seconds. This method thus allows a comparison of different measurements as a relative change to a reference measurement. In parallel, during the measurements, the skin surface temperature was taken using a measurement sensor integrated into the system.

 

60 subjects between 26 and 86 years of age (22 females, 38 males) participated in the study. 16 subjects were classified as healthy and 4 has different chronic diseases. The selection of study participants was done randomly. The study was designed as a partial cross-over study. 10 participants were randomly assigned to the comparison group and 10 participants to the placebo group. Both groups were then incorporated into the test group.

 

The first measurement using photoplethysmography was done between the second and third minute after activation of the electromagnetic field or the placebo device.

The total application was eight minutes.

The second measurement was made between the tenth and the twelfth minute; that is, two minutes after switching off the electromagnetic filed or the placebo device.

 

As the result of the effects of the electromagnetic field used, there was—versus the 0-group and versus the placebo group—on average an increase in the relative microvascular blood filling volume of 30.13% with a significance of p = 0.000378 at the site of measurement. The control measurement of the skin surface temperature resulted in an average increase of skin surface temperature of 1.525 °C (max. 34°C) with a significance of p = 0.000765.

 

Under the effects of the electromagnetic BEMER pulse, there was a clear improvement of the microvascular blood filling volume. As the measurements of the skin surface temperature done in parallel and the thermographs made using the infrared camera document, the improvement is not locally limited but extends over the entire body. These and other studies lead to the thesis that the endothelial-regulated nitrogen monoxide system is activated by the BEMER pulse.

 

Thus a natural regulatory mechanism was influenced which counteracts a narrowing of the vessels due to stress. In virtue of the improvement in blood flow to all organs and tissues, human metabolism can be energetically supported and an improvement in health, performance and regeneration achieved.