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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Facial Pain
2020Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used for its analgesic effects for chronic pain, including facial pain. Here, we summarize how the electrical stimulation of branches of the trigeminal nerve via TENS has been utilized to reduce pain resulting from trigeminal neuralgia, temporomandibular joint disorder, migraine and other ...
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain
Journal of Hand Surgery, 2005This study examined the clinical effectiveness of high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for reducing hypersensitivity of the hand. Nineteen patients suffering from hand hypersensitivity were randomly assigned into either a treatment or a placebo group.
G L Y, Cheing, M L M, Luk
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Abstract Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been widely used in the nonmalignant acute and chronic pain populations for various musculoskeletal and neuropathic pain conditions for decades. Among the oncologic population, researchers have begun to explore the benefits of TENS for various oncologic diagnoses across the ...+4 more sources
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Postlaparotomy Pain
Physical Therapy, 1983This study was designed to evaluate the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) postoperative program administered by a physical therapy department. A surgeon, a physical therapist, a recovery room nurse, and unit nurses participated in the program which included preoperative evaluation and patient education, application of sterile ...
F L, Schomburg, S A, Carter-Baker
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[Electric stimulation or transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation].
Soins; la revue de reference infirmiere, 2012Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation is a non-medicated therapy with no side effects, compatible with other treatments and able to be used for an unlimited time. It consists in emitting painless electrical pulses around the nerves or muscles, through electrodes placed on the skin and connected to an easy-to-use generator or stimulator.
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
1988The first modern stimulator for TENS of peripheral nerves for the management of pain was originally developed as a screening device to determine the potential usefulness of surgical implantation of electrodes for the stimulation of the dorsal column of the spinal cord.
David Ottoson, Thomas Lundeberg
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator for Stress Incontinence
Journal of Urology, 1981It has been shown that some patients with stress incontinence after prostatectomy may have significant improvement with electrical anal stimulation. The use of a transcutaneous stimulator is the easiest and least invasive method to try initially. Results may be quite satisfying whether the mechanism is physiologic or placebo.
D J, Krauss, O M, Lilien
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A Review Of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 1982Since Roman times electricity has been used as a means of obtaining pain relief. Even so, there is still no clear explanation of how this mechanism actually works. In this review article the author looks at the historical development of the pain-relieving properties of electricity and how the electrical stimulator has been developed to meet this need ...
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Electrode Placements for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Physical Therapy, 1978Even though transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation is gaining increasing acceptance as a noninvasive method of pain modulation, many professionals have not been adequately instructed in the many techniques involved in electrode placement. Alternative methods are presented that can be used when more commonly used methods fail to obtain satisfactory
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Use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in dentistry
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1986The literature on the use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in dentistry is reviewed, and what effect, if any, this method has on the dentist's ability to control pain is considered.
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