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Again MORE good news from BIEL, good stuff just keeps coming. BIEL

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Been searching and I don't see a hand held device using PEMF. Lots of them using TENS, Ultrasound, percussion, etc. for physical therapy treatments.

I did find this from Aetna:

www.aetna.com/cpb/medical/data/100_199/0175.html

High-Frequency Pulsed Electromagnetic Stimulation
Clinical Policy Bulletins Medical Clinical Policy Bulletins

Policy
Aetna considers high-frequency pulsed electromagnetic stimulation (also known as therapeutic magnetic resonance) experimental and investigational for all indications, including any of the following (not an all-inclusive list) because its effectiveness has not been established:

Acute post-operative pain and edema
Bone consolidation
Cancer (e.g., bladder, breast, colon, liver, lung, ovary, pancreas, prostate, skin, and thyroid; not an all-inclusive list)
Epicondylalgia/epicondylitis, lateral or medial
Fibromyalgia
Knee osteonecrosis
Mechanical neck disorders
Multiple sclerosis spasticity
Neuropathic pain (e.g., painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy)
Osteoarthritis
Osteogenesis promotion
Osteoporosis, prevention and treatment
Parkinson's disease
Scaphoid fractures
Soft tissue injuries
Subacromial impingement syndrome
Tendinopathy
Tendon regeneration
Wounds.

Background
Various types of electrical stimulation have been examined for soft tissue injuries and wound healing. These include direct electrical stimulation using high voltage pulsed currents or high voltage galvanic currents in which the electrodes are placed directly on the wound site, low voltage pulsed electromagnetic fields, and high frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields, which include Diapulse (Diapulse Corporation of America, Great Neck, NY). Diapulse has been used in the management of chronic wounds, soft tissues injuries, and other indications including migraine, tinnitus, acute head injuries, and pelvic inflammatory disease. Although there are case studies (Duma-Drzewinska and Buczynski, 1978; Itoh et al, 1991; Comorosan et al, 1993; Tung et al, 1995) as well as small randomized controlled trials (Goldin et a., 1981; Salzberg et al, 1995; and Kenkre et al, 1996) that reported beneficial effects of Diapulse in treating refractory wounds, these studies had many drawbacks. Another electromagnetic device for the treatment of refractory wounds and soft tissue injuries is SofPulse. However, there is a lack of published data on its effectiveness for these indications.