Acupuncture Electro
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Acupuncture has played an important part in pain research. Bischko was the first in the Western hemisphere to undertake surgery using acupuncture analgesia. This tonsillectomy was performed in 1972. ⋯ Various ways of treating pain by means of acupuncture will be discussed: e.g. body acupuncture (with or without supportive transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation); treatment via the so-called somatotopies (ear, oral mucous membrane, scalp acupuncture according to Yamamoto etc.). The Ludwig Boltzmann Acupuncture Institute, in close collaboration with the II. Dept. of Internal Medicine at the Kaiserin-Elisabeth Hospital, Vienna, has been able to demonstrate on inpatients with a variety of conditions, that acupuncture could significantly reduce the quantity of analgesics required.
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Acupuncture Electro · Jan 1992
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialAcupuncture-like stimulation with codetron for rehabilitation of patients with chronic pain syndrome and osteoarthritis.
Acupuncture is one of the oldest healing methods which is used in traditional medicine. In the modern medicine, we are witnessing a renaissance of this ancient treatment applied mainly in the management of chronic pain. A number of modern technological changes are being applied to replace, or modify, the classical needle treatment. ⋯ Indications, effectiveness and experiences with this form of treatment are presented. In addition, results obtained from a six week double-blind randomized placebo controlled pilot trial of osteoarthritis of the hip/knee with CODETRON which was conducted later. The results were highly suggestive of the beneficial effect of this nonhabituating mode of therapy and confirmed our initial uncontrolled trial results.
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Acupuncture Electro · Jan 1991
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialEffects of cranial transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in normal subjects at rest and during psychological stress.
Some effects of sub-threshold sine-wave transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), passed between earlobe electrodes at a constant alternating current (AC) frequency of 100 Hertz (Hz), were investigated in 90 normal subjects after 30 minutes of treatment, and after 3 minutes of standardized mental stress (mental arithmetic) which immediately followed the 30 minute treatment. In a double-blind protocol, five groups received 1) active TENS during treatment and active TENS during stress; 2) active TENS during treatment and placebo TENS during stress; 3) placebo TENS during treatment and placebo TENS during stress; 4) placebo TENS during treatment and active TENS during stress; and 5) no treatment during both treatment and stress. ⋯ No significant differences were observed between active TENS; placebo TENS and no treatment in physiological or psychological response to the stress procedure. Results are discussed in terms of the applicability of this technique to the management of stress.
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Acupuncture Electro · Jan 1987
Attenuation of tourniquet-induced pain in man by D-phenylalanine, a putative inhibitor of enkephalin degradation.
The effect D-phenylalanine (DPA), a putative inhibitor of enkephalin degradation, on the two separate pain components produced by the submaximal effort tourniquet test was evaluated in healthy human volunteers (N = 8). DPA attenuated the increase of the intensity of the ischemic and pressure pain components with increasing ischemia duration, but only the effect on the pressure pain component was significant. The results support some earlier reports suggesting that DPA has analgetic properties.