PMID: 8969875Dec 1, 1996Paper

Manipulation of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation variables has no effect on two models of experimental pain in humans

The Clinical Journal of Pain
Nadine E FosterJ M Allen

Abstract

Two separate studies investigated the hypoalgesic effect of manipulation of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) parameters on two models of experimental pain: the Submaximal Effort Tourniquet Technique and cold-pressor pain. For the first study, 32 healthy subjects (16 male and 16 female) attended once for the purpose of cold-pressor pain induction that involved immersion of the nondominant hand in a water bath at 0 degree C. Subjects were allocated to Control, Placebo, or 1 of 2 treatment groups (110 or 4-Hz TENS). Pain threshold measurements (time to withdrawal of hand in seconds) were obtained over six standardised cold pain cycles (i.e., two before stimulation onset, three during stimulation, and one cycle after stimulation). In the second study, 48 healthy volunteers (24 male and 24 female) attended on two occasions, 48 h apart, for the purposes of ischaemic pain induction. On the first attendance, baseline data were obtained and on the second, subjects were randomly allocated to Control, Placebo, or one of four treatment groups with different combinations of stimulation frequencies and pulse durations (4 or 110 Hz and 50 or 200 microseconds). Measurements of "current pain intensity" and "worst pain experien...Continue Reading

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Aug 31, 2010·Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation·Herbert F Jelinek, Rowan McIntyre
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