Osteoelectroacupuncture in the Management of Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes in the Lumbar Region and Lower Extremities

Abstract

The method for a deep electrical stimulation of the osteofibrous formations involved in a dystrophic process which can be identified according to the criterion of a palpable painfulness or by means of thermography of the projection of local hyperthermia sites is described. An evaluation of the results of the management of vertebrogenic lumbalgia and lumbo-ischialgia by using the proposed method of osteo-electroacupuncture (stimulation by the bipolar asymmetric impulses, O.I msec duration, 5-IO Hz frequency, and up to 200 microA current intensity) has revealed a statistically significant curtailment of the treatment terms and a fewer number of the recurrences when compared to the standard schemes.

Osteoreflexotherapy in Latvia

“…l. Trinitatsky, M. Maklecova, A.Junishenko (I989) from the Rostov medical institute confirmed ORT importance in the treatment of neurologic disorders in osteochondtosis [4B]; in 1992 V. Lisenuk (the Ukraine) and R. Jakupov (Kazan) used ORT for treatment of the backache syndrome; they published their results in the international journal Acupuncture and Electrotherapeutic Reasearch in the USA [49]; l. Martinosova, A. Osetrova, V. Kazakova (1994) at the Kazan Presentation of the book "Osseous sensory system and osteoreflexotherapy"…”