SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE RELAXATION EFFECTS OF LOW-ENERGY EMISSION THERAPY

A device has been designed that allows the safe and homogeneous delive ry of very low levels of amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields to human beings by placing a spoon-shaped antenna in the mouth of subjec ts. This new method has been termed low energy emission therapy (LEET) . In two separate double-blind crossover studies performed on a total of 104 healthy volunteers, the potential relaxation effects of a 15-mi nute treatment with either an active or an inactive LEET device were i nvestigated. All subjects were exposed to both active and inactive LEE T treatment sessions, with an interval of at least 1 week between the two sessions. Blood pressure and pulse were recorded before and after treatment sessions and a subjective questionnaire was completed by the patient at the end of each treatment session. A decrease in systolic blood pressure (p = 0.016, two-tailed t-test) as well as a subjective feeling of warmth (p = 0.012, two-tailed McNemar test) and muscular re laxation (p = 0.005, two-tailed McNemar test) was noted following acti ve treatment sessions. It is concluded that LEET induces relaxation in healthy volunteers which is associated with a decrease in systolic bl ood pressure, no change in pulse, and a subjective feeling of warmth p robably due to peripheral vasodilation. The data suggest that LEET may become a new therapeutic modality in the field of stress medicine.