Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Acupuncture

Johnson, Mark I.

doi:10.1002/9781444314380.ch27

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“…TENS is a noninvasive analgesic technique that is usually used to relieve nociceptive, neuropathic, and musculoskeletal pain [24]. Evidence from animal studies has shown that TENS reduces ongoing nociceptive cell activity and sensitization in the central nervous system when applied to somatic receptive fields.…”

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How to Design the Control Group in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture?

Lin

Chen

Huang

et al. 2012

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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In evidence-based medicine, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the preferred method for evaluating the efficacy of interventions. In regard to acupuncture RCTs, the most difficult issues are the design of the control group and implementation of the principle of “double-blinding.” We compared the advantages and limitations associated with different control group designs in acupuncture RCTs, to assist researchers in this field.

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How to Design the Control Group in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture?

Lin

Chen

Huang

et al. 2012

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…To our knowledge, no studies have investigated whether TENS can increase perceptual embodiment of a prosthetic limb. TENS is commonly used to relieve a variety of acute and chronic pain conditions, including postamputation pain (9). The purpose of TENS is to activate large diameter mechanoafferents to produce a strong non‐painful sensation of electrical paresthesia within the site of pain (10).…”

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Perceptual Embodiment of Prosthetic Limbs by Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Mulvey

Fawkner

Radford

et al. 2012

Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface

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“…Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non‐invasive, inexpensive analgesic technique used to relieve acute and chronic pain (Barlas & Lundeberg, 2006; Johnson, 2008). During TENS, electrical currents are delivered across the skin to selectively activate low threshold mechanoreceptive fibres (A‐beta) as this has been shown to decrease activity of spinal nociceptive transmission cells (Sluka, 2007).…”

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A preliminary investigation into the effect of coffee on hypolagesia associated with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Dickie

Tabasam

Tashani

et al. 2009

Clin Physio Funct Imaging

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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-invasive, inexpensive analgesic technique used to relieve pain. It has been suggested that caffeine, an adenosine antagonist, may interfere with TENS action. This double-blind controlled pilot study investigated the effect of coffee on response to TENS in healthy human participants experiencing experimentally induced pain. Twelve participants (7 female, age range = 20-41 years) took part in two experiments separated by 24 h. Each experiment lasted 80 min and consisted of 3 x 15 min cycles: pre-TENS, during TENS predrink and during TENS postdrink [coffee (100 mg caffeine) or decaffeinated coffee randomized across experiments]. During each cycle, thresholds for electrical (EPT), mechanical (MPT) and cold pressor (CPT) pain were recorded. The statistical analysis modelled the responses for the coffee and decaffeinated coffee conditions during TENS (i.e. as a standard crossover) and detected no statistically significant effects between coffee and decaffeinated drinks for the natural logarithm (ln) transformed values of electrical pain threshold [ln EPT Coffee-ln EPT Decaffeinated coffee mean (standard error) = 0.0147 (0.2159)], mechanical pain threshold [ln MPT Coffee-ln MPT Decaffeinated coffee mean (standard error) = 0.1296 (0.0816)] and cold pain threshold [ln CPT Coffee-ln CPT Decaffeinated coffee mean (standard error) = 0.0793 (0.1139)]. We conclude that a single cup of coffee (100 mg caffeine) had no detectable effect on TENS outcome. Reasons why coffee did not produce a detectable effect on pain threshold are discussed.

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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Acupuncture

Cited by 16 publications

References 169 publications

How to Design the Control Group in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture?

How to Design the Control Group in Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture?

Perceptual Embodiment of Prosthetic Limbs by Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

A preliminary investigation into the effect of coffee on hypolagesia associated with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

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