
351Environmental and Safety Aspects of the Use of EMF in Medical Environment
21.5.1 Emf Hazards nEar pHysiotHErapEutic dEVicEs
The unintentional dispersion of EMF from all the physiotherapeutic applicators (of SWDD, LWDD,
MWDD, USTU, and MTA) and leakage from cables and generators supplying RF applicators
(of SWDD and LWDD) during a patient’s treatment cause a common EMF exposure nearby—of not
only the patient undergoing physiotherapeutic treatment (intentionally) but also of other individuals
and objects present nearby (unintentionally) (Gryz and Karpowicz 2014, Karpowicz and Gryz 2009,
2013b). The level of EMF rapidly drops as the distance ...