ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences
Effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in management of neuropathic pain in patients with post traumatic incomplete spinal cord injuries.
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Neuroprosthetic Device for Improving Issues Caused by Diabetic Neuropathy With Specifically Designed Neural Stimulation
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Neuropathic Pain Relief Through Transcutaneous Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation: Insights From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Evidence.BioMed research international · 2025Pooled it
- Characterising the Features of 381 Clinical Studies Evaluating Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Pain Relief: A Secondary Analysis of the Meta-TENS Study to Improve Future Research.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- The CanPain SCI clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation management of neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury: 2021 update.Spinal cord · 2022Guideline
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- Acute spinal cord injury: Pathophysiology and pharmacological intervention (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2021Review
- Practice of Nonpharmacological Pain Control Strategies Among Nurses Working in Public Hospitals of West Arsi Zone, Ethiopia.SAGE open nursingArticle
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- Frequency of neuropathic pain and its effects on rehabilitation outcomes, balance function and quality of life among people with traumatic spinal cord injury.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the effectiveness of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in management of neuropathic pain in post-traumatic incomplete spinal cord injury patients.
methodsA quasi-experimental study was conducted at from January 2017 to June 2017 at Paraplegic Center Hayatabad, Peshawar. Total 60 incomplete spinal cord injured patients with diagnosis of neuropathic pain were subjected to high frequency TENS of 80 HZ. One session was of 45 minutes while there were two sessions per day. TENS was applied for four days in a week and all patients were followed for eight week duration. Pain intensity was measured by using VAS (Visual analogue scale).
resultsMean pain intensity on VAS at baseline was 6.45 which was decreased to 4.77 post intervention at day-1 while it was decreased to 3.48 at day-4 of week one. After application of TENS for 8 weeks, mean pain intensity was decreased to 2.80 ± 1.74. During the consecutive sessions of the TENS application, the pain intensity decreases in a linear fashion and there were significant difference (p<0.05) between pre and post treatment sessions.
conclusionTENS is useful and safe adjuvant in spinal cord injury patients for the management of neuropathic pain.
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