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. 2020 May 18;4(5):e19.00155. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-19-00155

Table 2.

Level I Studies of Bone Healing With PEMF9

Reference Clinical application
Poli et al, 1985 Congenital nonunion, intramedullary nail fixation
Borsalino et al36 Femoral intertrochanteric osteotomies
Sharrard, 1990 Tibial nonunion, cast
Mammi et al37 Tibial osteotomies
Capanna et al, 1994 Osteotomy, tumor resection, and bone graft
Simonis et al, 2003 Tibial nonunion, osteotomy, and external fixator
Faldini et al39 Femoral neck fractures treated with screws
Hannemann et al, 2012 Acute scaphoid fractures treated with cast
Shi et al45 Nonunion of long bone, nail, and plate

PEMF = pulsed electromagnetic field