[Endogenous thermotherapy in patients with prosthesis and metal implants]. / La termoterapia endogena nei portatori di protesi e di mezzi di sintesi metallici.

ABSTRACT

The conditions where metallic implants may be exposed to metric and centimetric electromagnetic irradiation have been experimentally produced "in vitro". Irradiation doses equal to those currently chosen for human physiotherapy, induce temperature increases which seem to be well tolerated by muscular and connective tissues. Conditions of maximal temperature increase around the metallic implant are those where the relative position of the electrodes to the body segments never occurs in practice.