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Clinical research has demonstrated that TENS and lumbar support are an effective method of pain relief. For a more in-depth insight into the clinical trials please click on the relevant trial.
- Trial 1Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) treatment outcome in long-term users.
- Trial 2Controlled trial of back support in patients with non-specific low back pain.
- Trial 3Long-term transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) use: impact on medication utilization and physical therapy costs.
- Trial 4Long-term results of peripheral conditioning stimulation as an analgesic measure in chronic pain.
Trial 4
Long-term results of peripheral conditioning stimulation as an analgesic measure in chronic pain.
Summary
Participants: 123 chronic pain patients.
Methods: These patients were treated with TENS over a two-year period.
Results: TENS successfully treated their pain, increased their social activity and reduced their drug intake.
Full Abstract
Long-term results of peripheral conditioning stimulation as an analgesic measure in chronic pain.
Eriksson MB, Sjolund BH, Nielzen S. Pain. 1979 Jun;6(3):335-47.
Objective: In the present study 123 patients with chronic pain, consecutively referred for symptomatic pain treatment, were given peripheral conditioning stimulation as an analgesic measure and were followed for 2 years or till they terminated the treatment.
Design: The stimulation was either conventional transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TNS) [35] of mainly cutaneous afferents with high frequency (10-100 Hz) or acupuncture-like TNS [11] where muscle nerves are activated at a low repetition rate (1-4 Hz) with small trains of stimuli.
Results: The follow-up showed that 55, 41 and 31% of the patients continued the treatment after 3, 12 and 24 months, respectively. About 30% of the patients had to use acupuncture-like TNS to get useful analgesia, defined as a desire of the patient to continue stimulation treatment. Three-quarters of the successfully relieved patients reported more than 50% pain relief as measured from visual analogue scales and half of these reported an increased social activity and a decrease of analgesic drug intake by more than 50%. Psychogenic and visceral pains were less suitable for TNS treatment.
Conclusion: It is concluded that peripheral conditioning stimulation is a valuable therapy in cases of chronic pain and that both conventional and acupuncture-like TNS should be tried before considering implantable devices or destructive surgery.PMID: 313551 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
