Review of Innovative Physical Therapy Methods: Introduction to the Principles of Cold Physical Plasma

Karsten Kletschkus; Lyubomir Haralambiev; Alexander Mustea; Sander Bekeschus; Matthias B Stope

doi:10.21873/invivo.12143

Review of Innovative Physical Therapy Methods: Introduction to the Principles of Cold Physical Plasma

In Vivo. 2020 Nov-Dec;34(6):3103-3107. doi: 10.21873/invivo.12143.

Authors

Karsten Kletschkus¹, Lyubomir Haralambiev^{2

3}, Alexander Mustea⁴, Sander Bekeschus⁵, Matthias B Stope^{6

4}

Affiliations

¹ Plasma Oncology Laboratory, Department of Urology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
² Department of Trauma, Reconstructive Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
³ Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, BG Klinikum Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin gGmbH, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
⁵ ZIK plasmatis, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald), Greifswald, Germany.
⁶ Plasma Oncology Laboratory, Department of Urology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany matthias.stope@ukbonn.de.

Abstract

The principles of physics and precision engineering have allowed many technologies to enter standard treatment regimens for a range of diseases. Recently, a new type of technology has been accredited as safe and efficient routine procedure in dermatology in Europe: cold physical plasma. Several accredited devices successfully restrain the powerful energy of plasmas to make them available for therapeutic purposes. Herein, we introduce an introduction to the concept of cold physical plasmas and highlight some fields of their medical applications.

Keywords: Cold plasma; cold atmospheric plasma; physical therapeutic approaches; physics in medicine; review.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Europe
Physical Therapy Modalities
Plasma Gases*

Substances

Plasma Gases