Can pacemakers be affected by machinery used by Physiotherapists?
Some clinics in the interests of patient safety require information about your pacemaker before using certain treatments. You normally need to be quite close to machines for pacemakers to be affected. Some clinics will have harmful radiations shielded from the general public. Each machine varies in the distance considered to be within a harmful range and so the manufacturers should be contacted for this information. Generally their advice will relate to the use of a machine on someone wearing a pacemaker. Follow any advice issued by the hospital fitting the pacemaker. You normally need to be quite close to machines for pacemakers to be affected. Other clinics ought to have harmful radiations shielded from the general public at large. Each machine varies in the distance considered to be within a harmful range and so the manufacturers should be contacted for this information. Generally advice relates to using a machine on someone wearing a pacemaker. Advice from the hospital fitting the
