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Papers: 2 Feb 2019 - 8 Feb 2019


Human Studies


2019 Jul


Eur J Pain


23


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Contralateral Segmental Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Inhibits Nociceptive Flexion Reflex in Healthy Participants.

Abstract

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-invasive treatment to relieve pain. Contralateral TENS (i.e., TENS administered to the contralateral side of a painful body part) is beneficial when TENS cannot be directly applied to pain site, such as in cases of trauma. Although TENS produces segmental analgesia in an ipsilateral limb, it has been unclear whether TENS produces higher analgesic effects in the contralateral segmental area. The aim of present study was to investigate the analgesic effects of TENS in contralateral segmental or extra-segmental areas on physiological and subjective pain outcomes, using a nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR) method.