The Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on the Neuropathic Pain in Peripheral Nerve Injury (말초신경 손상에 의한 신경병증성 통증에 TENS가 미치는 효과)

Sun-Hyun Lee (이순현); Changho Song (송창호)

The Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on the Neuropathic Pain in Peripheral Nerve Injury

Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Abbr : J Korean Soc Phys Med
2013, 8(1), pp.79-89
Publisher : The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Physical Therapy > Other physical therapy

Sun-Hyun Lee ¹, Changho Song ²

¹삼육대학교 물리치료학과
²삼육대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To identify the effects of single trial transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) application on chronic neuropathic pain and the repeated TENS application to development of neuropathic pain following peripheral nerve injury. METHODS: First, 20 rats were given the median nerve ligation to induce chronic neuropathic pain. After the ligation,neuropathic pain was assessed by measuring the forepaws withdrawal threshold to von Frey filaments for 3 weeks. Afterward, rats were randomly divided into TENS group and placebo-TENS group. TENS (frequency 100Hz, pulse width 200㎲) was applied to the forearm for 20 minutes. Second, 34rats were randomly allocated into two group after median nerve ligation: TENS group and placebo-TENS group. Both interventions were applied to the forearm for 20 minutes from1 day to 3 weeks after injury. Neuropathic pain to mechanical was measured on each rat for 3 weeks. RESULTS: Exeprimental rats showed a clear neuropathic pain-like behaviors, such as reduced forepaw withdrawal threshold to mechanical stimulation for 3 weeks, after median nerve ligation. And, TENS decreased effectively the chronic neuropathic pain originated from median nerve injury. TENS also diminished the development of neuropathic pain after nerve injury. CONCLUSION: Our animal model studying for neuropathic pain following median nerve injury may be useful to investigate peripheral neuropathic pain in human. Also,TENS may be used to mediate chronic neuropathic pain and to prevent the development of neuropathic pain following median nerve injury.

KEYWORDS

TENS, Neuropathic pain, Peripheral nerve, Rat

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