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TÜSEB ARGEB Support for Prof. Dr. Uğur Baysal’s Project: Development of a Portable Biomedical Device to Reduce Back and Lower Back Pain Before It Becomes Chronic
June 7, 2026
The project titled "Development of a Portable Biomedical Device to Reduce Back and Lower Back Pain Before It Becomes Chronic" led by our faculty member Prof. Dr. Uğur Baysal, has been awarded support by TÜSEB, Health Institutes of Türkiye.
The subject of this project is the development of one of the physical agents used in physical medicine and rehabilitation through an innovative approach tailored to the individual and specifically designed for home use. In commonly used therapy methods, energy is transferred to tissues externally either through direct bioelectric stimulation with electrodes or through heat / light, and in addition, medication and exercise-supported physical therapy and rehabilitation methods are used. The proposed approach, pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (ATEMA), differs physically from generally accepted methods in terms of its energy transfer technique, using very low-frequency (ELF), very low-energy pulses.
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (ATEMA), using low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF), is a non-invasive treatment method that aims to create biophysical effects at the cellular and tissue levels through electromagnetic pulses applied to biological tissues at a specific frequency, waveform, and magnetic flux density.
Another research and development dimension of this study is its aim to develop the beneficial aspects of personal medicine applications, particularly in terms of enabling the patient to apply the treatment at home, in line with the social structure specific to our country. There are some devices on the market that are used in hospitals, and some are reported to be suitable for home use; however, there is still no global consensus on which method is definitively superior in terms of the treatment protocol for back and lower back pain. Prior to the project application, a product design that may have a preventive effect on back and lower back pain before it progresses to the chronic phase was completed, and a preliminary prototype at TRL3 level was developed.
The proposed project aims to develop the clinical prototype of the device suitable for the back and lower back region and to carry out the first clinical applications.
We congratulate our faculty member on this prestigious project and wish success in their work.
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (ATEMA), using low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF), is a non-invasive treatment method that aims to create biophysical effects at the cellular and tissue levels through electromagnetic pulses applied to biological tissues at a specific frequency, waveform, and magnetic flux density.
Another research and development dimension of this study is its aim to develop the beneficial aspects of personal medicine applications, particularly in terms of enabling the patient to apply the treatment at home, in line with the social structure specific to our country. There are some devices on the market that are used in hospitals, and some are reported to be suitable for home use; however, there is still no global consensus on which method is definitively superior in terms of the treatment protocol for back and lower back pain. Prior to the project application, a product design that may have a preventive effect on back and lower back pain before it progresses to the chronic phase was completed, and a preliminary prototype at TRL3 level was developed.
The proposed project aims to develop the clinical prototype of the device suitable for the back and lower back region and to carry out the first clinical applications.
We congratulate our faculty member on this prestigious project and wish success in their work.
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