How does the use of static magnets fair in the ability to ease pain?
1. Tim Harlow, Colin Greaves, Adrian White, Liz Brown, Anna Hart, and Edzard Ernst decided to observe the affect of magnetic bracelets in a study featured in British Medical Journal. Their goals was to determine the effectiveness of the magnetic bracelets marketed for pain control in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee. Over a two year time span (December 2001- December 2003), 194 participants between the ages of 45 and 80 who were professionally diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip were found. Those who already used magnetic bracelets, had a cardiac pacemaker, received surgery to the index joint, women who were pregnant or breast feeding, and those with haemophilia were excluded from the study. Three randomly assigned conditions were presented: one group received bracelets with standard- strength magnetic fields, the second group received bracelets containing magnets that were very weak, and the third group received bracelets that had nonmagnetic steel washers. The partici
