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This study aims to evaluate the effects of PEMF on pro-inflammatory cytokines that are well known to contribute to intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration and discogenic pain. A total of 72 rats with tails with acute inflammation form IVD injury model were divided into a sham group, needle stab and needle stab and PEMF exposure. Results were evident that PEMF exposure lead to anti-inflammatory effects disc cells but had inconsistent data on the inhibitory effect on cytokine expression.
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[‘Andrew K. Chan’, ‘Xinyan Tang’, ‘Nikhil V. Mummaneni’, ‘Dezba Coughlin’, ‘Ellen Liebenberg’, ‘Annie Ouyang’, ‘Stefan Dudli’, ‘Michael Lauricella’, ‘Nianli Zhang’, ‘Erik I. Waldorff’, ‘James T. Ryaby’, ‘Jeffrey C. Lotz’]
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31891118
PMCID
PMC6920683
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PEMF/EMF/RF/LT
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degeneration model, inflammation, needle stab, pulsed electromagnetic fields, rat?tail disc
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spine, bones, spinal disc, nerve, spinal cord, injury, inflammation, rat
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