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The Effect Of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation On Local Skin Temperature, Chien-Ting Liu, Pei-Ying Chao, Shin-Liang Pan, Chein-Wei Chang, Yen-Ho Wang
The Effect Of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation On Local Skin Temperature, Chien-Ting Liu, Pei-Ying Chao, Shin-Liang Pan, Chein-Wei Chang, Yen-Ho Wang
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
Previous reports have shown that transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) can accelerate the rate of chronic wound healing, but the mechanism for such is unknown. It has been proposed that TENS may enhance healing by increasing cutaneous blood flow. In the present study, we investigated the effects of TENS on local skin temperature. Infrared thermography was used to measure the changes of local skin temperature after treatment with TENS. Twelve subjects, 6 men and 6 women, were enrolled and underwent the following four different TENS modes in random sequences: (1) sham stimulation (control), (2) perception threshold TENS, (3) below motor …
The Hypoalgesic Effect Of Tens During Needle Emg Study, Wang-Lin Su, Hsuan-Yi Lin, Gwo-Chi Hu
The Hypoalgesic Effect Of Tens During Needle Emg Study, Wang-Lin Su, Hsuan-Yi Lin, Gwo-Chi Hu
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
Needle electromyography (EMG) is an important diagnostic and prognostic tool in physical medicine. However, some patients are unable to tolerate the pain associated with the procedure. While there has been research in methods aimed at reducing the pain from needle EMG, all have obvious disadvantages.TENS is a widely accepted tool for producing analgesia, but it has not been studied as an analgesic adjunct to needle EMG. We designed a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to investigate the effectiveness of TENS on alleviating the pain during a needle EMG study.Fifty-nine subjects undergoing needle EMG study in an upper extremity were randomly assigned …