Transcranial electrotherapy stimulation device for temporary reduction of pain

Katsnelson, Y.; Lapshin, V P; Claude, J M; Bartoo, G.

doi:10.1109/iembs.2003.1280371

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“…Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is a noninvasive procedure that has been used for decades to treat anxiety, depression, and insomnia in the general population [ 3 , 4 ]. Additionally, in vivo studies were conducted to quantify the effectiveness of low-level direct electric current for the treatment of different types of tumors and certain types of cancer [ 5 , 6 ].…”

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Design and Development of a Prototype Electrotherapy Device

Rocha¹,

Correia²,

Martins³

et al. 2013

TOBEJ

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This article describes a complete prototype system that can be used in electrotherapy treatments, that is, in medical treatments involving electric currents. The system is composed of two main blocks: the master and the slave. The Master block, whose main component is a CPU, controls the user interface. The Slave block, which is composed of a microcontroller and a wave generator, produces the appropriated voltages and currents compatible with the desired treatment. The whole system is powered by a 12 V power supply and the output signal voltage ranges between -100 V and 100 V. Despite the prototype being able of performing all the electrotherapy treatments in the low-medium frequency ranges, it was tested in aesthetic mesotherapy, namely in anticellulite, located anticellulite, antistretch, and antiflaccidity. In these treatments, the output signal is composed of an overlap of two frequencies: the first one is selected in the range of 1.2 kHz - 1.8 kHz and the second in the range of 0.07 Hz - 2 Hz. The system was tested in a clinical environment with real patients. It showed good results both in effectiveness of treatments and in terms of pain suffered by the patients.

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Design and Development of a Prototype Electrotherapy Device

Rocha¹,

Correia²,

Martins³

et al. 2013

TOBEJ

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Nexalin and Related Forms of Subcortical Electrical Stimulation

White¹,

Richards²

2017

Rhythmic Stimulation Procedures in Neuromodulation

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Temporary pain relief using transcranial electrotherapy stimulation: results of a randomized, double-blind pilot study

Katsnelson¹,

Хохлов²,

Tsvetkov³

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The 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

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Results of a randomized, double-blind pilot study indicate that transcranial electrotherapy stimulation may be an effective treatment for the temporary reduction of pain in osteoarthritis patients. Presently, the predominant method for pain management is medication. One very different approach is the application of micro- to milliamp current applied to specific areas of the head, resulting in a release of endogenous opioids from pain management regions of the brain. For the pilot study, 64 subjects suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee and/or hip were enrolled. For two weeks prior, then during and after treatment, subject pain was self-assessed using the visual scale (VS). In addition, subjects were globally assessed by a physician. All subjects, device operators and physicians were blinded as to whether subjects were treated with an active or sham device. Data collected from the study indicate both a decrease in VS pain scores and a significant improvement (p = 0.05) in physician assessment in subjects treated with active devices compared to those treated with the sham device.

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Transcranial electrotherapy stimulation device for temporary reduction of pain

Cited by 3 publications

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Design and Development of a Prototype Electrotherapy Device

Design and Development of a Prototype Electrotherapy Device

Nexalin and Related Forms of Subcortical Electrical Stimulation

Temporary pain relief using transcranial electrotherapy stimulation: results of a randomized, double-blind pilot study

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