Prolonged relief of pain by brief, intense transcutaneous somatic stimulation

摘要: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects brief, intense transcutaneous electrical stimulations at trigger points or acupuncture on severe clinical pain. McGill Pain Questionnaire used measure change in pain quality and intensity produced by stimulation. data indicate that procedure provides a powerful method for control some forms pathological average decrease during stimulation sessions 75% due peripheral nerve injury, 66% phantom limb pain, 62% shoulder-arm 60% low-back duration relief frequently outlasted period several hours, occasionally days weeks. Different patterns amount were observed. Daily carried out home patient sometimes provided gradually increasing over periods weeks months. Control experiments, which included two placebo stimulation, showed is significantly more effective than contributions. Possible neural mechanisms underlie these are discussed.