[The action of a pulsed magnetic field on the electrical resistance of the skin].

The skin of 32 rabbits and 10 patients (7 males and 3 females aged 32-48) was exposed to impulse magnetic field (IMF) with intensity of 1.0-1.5 T and frequency of 45 paired impulses a minute. The 5-minute exposure resulted in a 50% decrease in the skin electrical resistance both in patients and animals. On aftertreatment minute 2 the resistance started recovering and returned to the baseline on minute 6 in animals and 4 in patients. Changes in electrical resistance of the skin are attributed to emergence of IMF-related electrical induction.