Functional magnetic stimulation facilitates colonic transit in rats Vernon W. Lin, MD, PhD, Ian Hsiao, PhD, David Goodwin, MD, Inder Perkash, MD  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  Volume 82, Issue 7, Pages 969-972 (July 2001) DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.23290 Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Experimental rat with a 9-cm, figure of 8 magnetic coil placed over the ventral neck region (indicated by the dotted lines) placed in plastic sleeve restraints. The diameter of each coil loop is 5cm. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 969-972DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.23290) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Assessment of colonic transit time in FMS and control rats (n = 12 per group). (A) The GC was used as the measure of colonic transit time (see text for calculation of GC). The data are shown as mean ± standard error; the FMS group showed a significantly greater measure of GC than the control group (p <.002). (B) Percentage of Tc 99m recovered in the stool of FMS and control rats (n = 12 per group). The data are shown as mean ± standard error; the FMS group showed a statistically significant increase in the amount of Tc 99m excreted in the stool compared with the control group (p <.001). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 969-972DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.23290) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions