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

(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)

(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

(d) Statistical analysis (Student-Newman-Keuls Multiple Comparisons Test)

Comparison	Mean diff.	𝑞	𝑃 value	Level of significance
A versus C	−37.27	6.68	𝑃<0.001	* * *
A versus E	−34.09	6.11	𝑃<0.001	* * *
A versus D	−28.85	5.40	𝑃<0.01	* *
A versus B	−13.73	2.46	𝑃>0.05	ns
B versus C	−23.55	4.06	𝑃<0.05	*
B versus E	−20.36	3.51	𝑃<0.05	*
B versus D	−15.12	2.77	𝑃>0.05	ns
D versus C	−8.43	1.55	𝑃>0.05	ns
D versus E	−5.25	—	𝑃>0.05	ns
E versus C	−3.18	—	𝑃>0.05	ns