The effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the treatment of lichen simplex: a prospective study

Engın, Burhan; Tüfekçi, Osman; Yazıcı, Alper; Özdemır, Mustafa

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03086.x

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“…This study confirms the findings of previous studies that TENS is an effective treatment for pruritus . Like those studies, there was marked amelioration of pruritus without any AEs in our study.…”

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confidence: 93%

Does transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation have an antipruritic effect in lichen planus? A randomized clinical trial

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Does transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation have an antipruritic effect in lichen planus? A randomized clinical trial

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“…This is the first open‐label trial in patients with LS and MA using DLQI as a pruritus measure, which confirms the findings of other studies that TENS is an effective treatment for pruritus 1,14–16,18 …”

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confidence: 87%

“…Various topical treatments, including potent topical corticosteroids, doxepin cream, capsaicin cream and intralesional corticosteroids are used for the therapy of LS. In most patients, however, they do not permanently abolish the itchiness 1–5 …”

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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for reduction of pruritus in macular amyloidosis and lichen simplex

Yuksek¹,

Sezer²,

Aksu³

et al. 2011

The Journal of Dermatology

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Lichen simplex (LS) is characterized by circumscribed, lichenified, pruritic patches that may develop on any part of the body. Macular amyloidosis (MA) is the form of primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) uses a pulsed electric current generated transcutaneously by a device to cause impulses to be carried along large-diameter afferent nerves. In this article, we report the effects of TENS on the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) measures and visual analogue scale (VAS) scores in patients with pruritus, in whom LS and MA were diagnosed. All patients with MA and six (75%) patients with LS had relief of their pruritus with TENS therapy. At week 2, there was a significant difference in median VAS scores between baseline in the group of LS (P = 0.007). At 4 weeks of therapy, statistically significant differences were observed compared with the baseline and week 2 in the median VAS scores in the group of MA (P < 0.001). There was also a statistically significant improvement in median DLQI total scores with respect to baseline, which was achieved as early as week 2 in patients with LS and MA who were on the TENS treatment (P = 0.006, P = 0.001, respectively).

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“…Tropical aspecific antipruritic agents are not very helpful. Topical tacrolimus, glucocorticoid creams, ultraviolet-based therapy, oral cyclosporine, thalidomide, glucocorticoid and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation can be effective in the treatment of neurodermatitis, however all these management are hard to prevent recurrence13,14. In recent years, researchers pay more attention to modify patients' nonadaptive behaviors.…”

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Quality Of Life of Patients with Neurodermatitis

An¹,

Liu²,

Xiao³

et al. 2013

Int. J. Med. Sci.

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Background: Neurodermatitis is a common chronic skin disease. Although not life-threatening, it can produce an important psychosocial burden, sleep disturbance and sexual dysfunction. Patients with neurodermatitis tend to have poor social skills or interpersonal resources and a lack of flexibility. However quality of life (QoL) of patients with neurodermatitis has seldom investigated. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of neurodermatitis on patients' QoL using the Dermatology Life Quality Index questionnaire, and assess its feasibility and internal consistency.Methods: One hundred and fifty consecutive outpatients seeking treatment for neurodermatitis and 250 patients with psoriasis in the Department of Dermatology, the Second Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, were assessed for eligibility for this prospective study from July 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011. Demographic data and disease-related characteristics were collected.Results: The overall mean DLQI score for neurodermatits (9.34) was lower than that for psoriasis (13.32) (P < 0.001). Patients with neurodermatitis scored significantly lower for all items except Q1 (symptoms) and Q9 (sexual difficulties). No strong relationship between disease-related characteristics and quality of life could be found. The inter-item correlation averaged 0.415 and Cronbach's alpha was 0.889, indicating high internal consistency.Conclusion: This is the first study to attempt to measure the impact of neurodermatitis for both male and female patients on QoL. Neurodermatitis moderately affected the QoL of the patients.

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The effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the treatment of lichen simplex: a prospective study

Abstract: From our clinical observation, we suggest that TENS may prove to be a useful and well-tolerated treatment modality for the treatment of pruritus in patients with LS.

Cited by 12 publications

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Does transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation have an antipruritic effect in lichen planus? A randomized clinical trial

Does transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation have an antipruritic effect in lichen planus? A randomized clinical trial

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for reduction of pruritus in macular amyloidosis and lichen simplex

Quality Of Life of Patients with Neurodermatitis

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