A comprehensive bibliography of Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) related literature, research papers, and reference materials.

Published Papers

Effect of adjuvant frequency-specific microcurrents on pain and disability in patients treated with physical rehabilitation for neck and low back pain*
Shetty, GM, Rawat, P, Sharma, A
JBMT 24 (2020) 168-175
2020
Frequency Specific Microcurrent as Adjunctive Therapy for Three Wounded Warriors
S Sharp, My Huynh
Medical Acupuncture, Volume 31, Number 3, 2019
2019
Frequency-Specific Microcurrent for Treatment of Longstanding Congenital Muscular Torticollis
Regina Thompson, PT, PCS; Sandra L. Kaplan, PT, DPT, PhD
Pediatric Physical Therapy 2019;00:1–8
2019
Fibromyalgia: An Alternative View
McMakin, C
Austin Rheumatology, October 2018
2018
Microcurrent stimulation in the treatment of dry and wet macular degeneration
Laurie Chaikin1 Kellen Kashiwa, Michael Bennet, George Papastergiou, Walter Gregory
Clinical Ophthalmology 2015: 9 2345–2353
2015
Visceral and Somatic Disorders: Tissue Softening with Frequency Specific Microcurrent
McMakin C, Oschman J
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2012, Vol 18 Number 00, pp 1-8
2012
The efficacy of frequency specific microcurrent therapy on delayed onset muscle soreness
Curtis D, Fallows S, Morris M, McMakin C
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies; 2010; 14 (3):272-9
2010
Non-pharmacologic treatment of shingles
McMakin C
Practical Pain Management, 2010, Vol 10; 4; 24-29
2010
Non-pharmacologic treatment of neuropathic pain using Frequency Specific Microcurrent
McMakin, C
The Pain Practitioner, Fall, 2010, pp 68-73
2010
Cytokine changes with microcurrent therapy of fibromyalgia associated with cervical trauma.
McMakin C, Gregory W, Phillips T
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, July 2005, 9 169-176
2005
Microcurrent Therapy: A novel treatment method for chronic low back myofascial pain.
McMakin C
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 2004, 8, 143-153
2004
Microcurrent Treatment of Myofascial Pain in the Head, Neck and Face
McMakin C
Topics in Clinical Chiropractic, 1998; Vol 5, (1), 29-35
1998

FSM Articles

Fibromyalgia, the Brain and Corticotrophin Releasing factor
Townsend Letter: December 2021
2021
Chronic Fatigue, Multiple chemical sensitivities and fibromyalgia; a unified hypothesis
Townsend Letter: November 2020
2020
The brain mental health and PTSD
Townsend Letter: October 2020
2020

Abstracts – presented not published

The Use of Microcurrent and Autocatalytic Silver Plated Nylon Dressings in Human Burn Patients: A Feasibility Study
Huckfeldt, Mikkelson, Larson, Hammond, Flick, McMakin
Proceedings of John Boswick Burn and Wound Symposium in Maui, HI, February 21, 2003
2003

Unpublished Research

Anti-inflammatory effects of interferential frequency-specific applied microcurrent.
Reilly WG, Reeve VE, McMakin CR
Proceedings of the National Health and Medical Research Council, 2004
2004

FSM Published Books

The Resonance Effect; How frequency specific microcurrent is changing medicine
Carolyn McMakin author
North Atlantic Books, Penguin Random House, Berkeley, 2017
2017
Frequency Specific Microcurrent in Pain Management, Textbook for practitioners
Carolyn McMakin author
Elsevier Science Press, Edinburgh, 2010
2010

FSM Related Book Chapters

Frequency Specific Microcurrent in Manual Therapy
Schleip, Chaitow et al
Fascia in Manual Therapy; Elsevier 2011, Chapter 7.16
2011
Microcurrent and Qi in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
Mayor and Micozzi
Energy Medicine East and West – A Natural History of Qi, Elsevier Science Press, Edinburgh, 2009
2009
Microcurrent therapy in the treatment of Fibromyalgia
Leon Chaitow
Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A practitioners Guide to Treatment, 3nd Edition, Elsevier Science Press, Edinburgh, 2008
2008
Textbook of Functional Medicine; Chapter 13, Environmental inputs in health and disease; Section 8; Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation
Institute for Functional Medicine, 2005, pp 153-156
2005
Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, The Trigger Point Manual, Third Edition
Travell, Simons & Simons, Joseph Donnelly, DPT editor
Section 8, Therapeutic Modality Considerations, pp 850-867

Related References

Effectiveness of combining microcurrent with resistance training in trained males
Naclerio, F, Seijo, M, Karsten B, et al
European Journal of applied physiology, 119: 2641-2653, 2019
2019
Pilot study of impedance-controlled microcurrent therapy for managing radiation induced fibrosis in head and neck cancer patients.
Lennox, A, et al
Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 23–34, 2002
2002
A Pulsed DC electric field affects P2-purinergic receptor functions by altering the ATP levels in in vitro and in vivo systems.
Seegers JC
Medical Hypothesis, 8 (2) 171-176 2002
2002
Activation of signal transduction mechanisms may underlie the therapeutic effects of an applied electric field.
Seegers, JC
Med Hypothesis; 57 (2), 224-230, 200
2001
The Effect of Electric Currents on ATP Generation, Protein Synthesis and Membrane Transport in Rat Skin.
Cheng N
Clinical Orthopedics 171: 264-272, 1982
1982