Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for the Management of Neuropathic Pain: The Effects of Frequency and Electrode Position on Prevention of Allodynia in a Rat Model of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II

• Published in: Physical therapy Vol. 86; no. 5; pp. 698 - 709
• Main Authors: Somers, David L, Clemente, F Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physical Therapy Association 01.05.2006; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Acupuncture Points; Animals; Care and treatment; Causalgia - prevention & control; Comparative studies; Complications and side effects; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Disease Models, Animal; Effects; Electroacupuncture; Electrodes; Injuries; Male; Methods; Models, Theoretical; Muscular system; Neurons; Pain; Pain Measurement; Peripheral nerve diseases; Peripheral nervous system diseases; Physical therapy; Physiological aspects; Prevention; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Risk factors; Sciatic Nerve - injuries; Spinal cord; Time Factors; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation - methods; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; United States

Background and Purpose. Complex regional pain syndrome type II (CPSII) is a painful condition that develops following a nerve injury. Although transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) relieves the pain of CPSII, the stimulation parameters that would best prevent the development of the cond...