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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation: Mechanisms, Clinical Application and Evidence
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• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-invasive, inexpensive, self-administered technique to relieve pain. • There are few side effects and no potential for overdose so patients can titrate the treatment as required. • TENS techniques include conventional TENS, acupuncture-like TENS and intense TENS. In general, conventional TENS is used in the first instance. • The purpose of conventional TENS is to selectively activate large diameter non-noxious afferents (A-beta) to reduce nociceptor cell activity and sensitization at a segmental level in the central nervous system. • Pain relief with conventional TENS is rapid in onset and offset and is maximal when the patient experiences a strong but non-painful paraesthesia beneath the electrodes. Therefore, patients may need to administer TENS throughout the day. • Clinical experience suggests that TENS may be beneficial as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for acute pain although systematic reviews are conflicting. Clinical experience and systematic reviews suggest that TENS is beneficial for chronic pain.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Johnson, M.
- Venue
- Reviews in Pain
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-08
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 7-11
- ISSN
- 2042-1249 (ISSN-L)
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- W2144823534
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- 272
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- FWCI
- 0.77
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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