Results 1 to 10 of about 5,491 (256)

Effects of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation on pain after episiotomy. A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Heliyon
Background: Episiotomy is a surgical intervention performed during the second stage of labor to facilitate the baby's exit through the birth canal.
López-Campos E, Soto-González M, Alonso-Calvete A, Da Cuña-Carrera I.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Shoulder transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation decreases heart rate via potentiating vagal tone. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
By enhancing vagal activity, auricle transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) is developed as a non-invasive therapy for heart failure. Nevertheless, though shoulder TENS used for treating adhesive capsulitis could affect vagal tone, its ...
Hsieh CM, Lin WC, Peng HY, Chen HC, Ho YC, Li CJ, Wu XG, Chung JY, Lee SD, Lin TB.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

tDCS peripheral nerve stimulation can enhance passive avoidance learning in rats. [PDF]

Front Neurosci
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is being considered as a treatment for many psychiatric and neurological disorders. Rodent models of tDCS have been used in several behavioral tasks to demonstrate the technique’s benefits in improving ...
van Boekholdt L, Kerstens S, Decloedt K, Mc Laughlin M.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1984
The study of folk medicine by anthropologists and medical historians has revealed an astonishing array of ingenious methods to relieve pain (Brockbank, 1954). Every culture, it appears, has learned to fight pain with pain: in general, brief, moderate pain tends to abolish severe, prolonged pain.
R, Melzack, P D, Wall
openaire   +2 more sources

Efficacy of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation over systemic pharmacotherapy in the management of temporomandibular joint disorders – A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2021
Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) encompass numerous clinical complications that involve the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), masticatory musculature, and its associated structures, or both.
Indra Gopi, Gopal Maragathavalli, T N Uma Maheshwari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tibial nerve stimulation compared with sham to reduce incontinence in care home residents: ELECTRIC RCT

Health Technology Assessment, 2021
Background: Urinary incontinence is prevalent in nursing and residential care homes, and has a profound impact on residents’ dignity and quality of life. Treatment options are limited in these care contexts and care homes predominantly use absorbent pads
Joanne Booth, Lorna Aucott, Seonaidh Cotton, Bridget Davis, Linda Fenocchi, Claire Goodman, Suzanne Hagen, Danielle Harari, Maggie Lawrence, Andrew Lowndes, Lisa Macaulay, Graeme MacLennan, Helen Mason, Doreen McClurg, John Norrie, Christine Norton, Catriona O’Dolan, Dawn Skelton, Claire Surr, Shaun Treweek   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain, 2009
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-invasive analgesic technique that is used to relieve nociceptive, neuropathic, and musculoskeletal pain. During TENS, pulsed electrical currents are generated by a portable pulse generator and delivered across the intact surface of the skin via the selfadhering conducting pads called ...
Iain Jones, Mark I. Johnson
  +4 more sources

Application of Medicinal Plants, Acupuncture, Massage Therapy and Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation in Treatment of Endometriosis: Review Study [PDF]

Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2019
Introduction: Endometriosis is a common gynecologic problem which can lead to destruction of a woman's life. Some pharmacological techniques and surgical resection are effective in treating endometriosis pain, but are associated with high recurrence rate.
Akram Ashrafizaveh, Hossien Sabouri Fard, Elham Azmoudeh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation of the Abdomen, Ear, and Tibial Nerve Modulates Bladder Contraction in a Rat Detrusor Overactivity Model: A Pilot Study [PDF]

International Neurourology Journal, 2023
Purpose The global prevalence of overactive bladder (OAB) is estimated at 11.8%. Despite existing treatment options such as sacral neuromodulation, a substantial number of patients remain untreated. One potential alternative is noninvasive transcutaneous
Rosa L. Coolen, Dennis Frings, Els van Asselt, Jeroen R. Scheepe, Bertil F. M. Blok   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the noradrenergic pathway and alpha-2 and beta-receptors in the modulation of the analgesia induced by transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation of high and low frequencies

Fisioterapia e Pesquisa, 2014
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation is a noninvasive method used in clinical Physiotherapy to control acute or chronic pain. Different theories have been proposed to explain the mechanism of the analgesic action of transcutaneous electric nerve ...
Thiago Henrique Ferreira Vasconcellos, Patricia de Fátima Pantaleão, Dulcinéa Gonçalves Teixeira, Ana Paula Santos, Célio Marcos dos Reis Ferreira   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources