Results of short wave and ultrashort wave therapy (radiathermy)
Kling DH · 1935
This 1935 study represents pioneering research into how radiofrequency energy affects human tissue through therapeutic diathermy applications.
Plain English Summary
This 1935 study by Dr. Kling examined the therapeutic results of short wave and ultrashort wave radiotherapy treatments in humans. The research focused on diathermy applications, where radiofrequency energy was used to generate heat in body tissues for medical treatment. This represents some of the earliest documented use of RF energy on human subjects for therapeutic purposes.
Why This Matters
What makes this 1935 research particularly significant is that it represents one of the earliest systematic examinations of radiofrequency energy effects on humans. While conducted for therapeutic purposes, this study occurred during the dawn of widespread RF technology adoption, when the biological effects of these frequencies were largely unknown. The research provides a historical baseline for understanding how RF energy interacts with human tissue - knowledge that becomes increasingly relevant as we're now exposed to similar frequencies from wireless devices at much lower but more persistent levels.
The reality is that the therapeutic RF exposures studied in 1935 were likely orders of magnitude higher than today's ambient wireless exposures, yet this early research helped establish that radiofrequency energy does indeed interact with biological systems in measurable ways. Understanding these interactions remains crucial as we evaluate the safety of our current wireless environment.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
To evaluate the effectiveness of short wave and ultrashort wave therapy for various medical conditions based on a review of published literature and clinical experience
The study compiled 1144 cases from twelve different sources and included 60 cases from the author's ...
The overall improvement rate for the 1144 cases was 89.7%. However, when excluding 500 cases of furu...
Short wave therapy was tried in a wide range of diseases, with two predominant groups comprising 1016 (81.9%) of the 1144 cases. The infectious conditions of pyogenic origin (695 cases, 60.1% of total) showed the most consistent results. Schliephake's conception of short wave therapy as being of equal efficiency with x-ray therapy stands and falls with its worth in this group of pyogenic infections where alone it could be without competition. The treatment cannot yet be considered superior to other modalities, but the results in infectious conditions are impressive and show the therapy is worth trying. The author notes that the immediate results are contradictory and depend a good deal on the apparatus and method of application. Ultrashort wave therapy, carried out by the method and apparatus of Schliephake, is just as costly and as complicated as x-ray therapy and is only justified by indisputable results which cannot be paralleled by simpler or less expensive modalities.
Show BibTeX
@article{results_of_short_wave_and_ultrashort_wave_therapy_radiathermy__g6595,
author = {Kling DH},
title = {Results of short wave and ultrashort wave therapy (radiathermy)},
year = {1935},
}