438 Electromagnetic Fields in Biology and Medicine
26.4 APPLICATION OF THE MAGNETIC THERAPY SIGNAL
Magnetic and electromagnetic elds (EMFs) are now recognized by twenty-rst-century human
and equine medicine as real physical entities that can promote healing of various health problems,
even when conventional methods had failed, and provide a noninvasive, safe, and easy method to
directly treat the site of injury, the source of pain and inammation, and other types of diseases and
pathologies.
Contemporary magnetotherapy began in Japan immediately after World War II by introduc-
ing both magnetic and electromagnetic elds in clinical practice. This modality quickly moved to
Europe, rst in Romania and the former Soviet Union. During the per