Research Article
Potent Stimulation of Blood Flow in Fingers of Volunteers after Local Short-Term Treatment with Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields from a Novel Device
Table 1
Microcirculation data and statistical analysis.
(a) |
| Number of volunteers | 14 | Female | 8 | Male | 6 | Range of age (years) | 25–55 |
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(b) Data identification |
| A | Control (device removed) | B | During treatment with a static magnetic field (device shutoff) | C | During treatment with an alternating magnetic field (device in operation) | D | Immediately after treatment (C) | E | Two minutes after treatment (C) |
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(c) |
| Microcirculation in % of control (100%) | A | B | C | D | E |
| Mean value | 100 | 113.7 | 137.3 | 128.9 | 134.1 | SD (standard deviation) | | 18.2 | 23.6 | 20.3 | 26.6 | SEM (standard error of the mean) | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 8.0 |
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(d) Statistical analysis (Student-Newman-Keuls Multiple Comparisons Test) |
| Comparison | Mean diff. | | value | Level of significance |
| A versus C | −37.27 | 6.68 | | * * * | A versus E | −34.09 | 6.11 | | * * * | A versus D | −28.85 | 5.40 | | * * | A versus B | −13.73 | 2.46 | | ns | B versus C | −23.55 | 4.06 | | * | B versus E | −20.36 | 3.51 | | * | B versus D | −15.12 | 2.77 | | ns | D versus C | −8.43 | 1.55 | | ns | D versus E | −5.25 | — | | ns | E versus C | −3.18 | — | | ns |
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