Electric Stimulation Therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Validity of electrical stimulus magnitude matching in chronic pain.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of the PainMatcher in chronic pain. DESIGN: Comparison of parallel pain estimates from visual analogue scales with electrical stimulus magnitude matching. PATIENTS: Thirty-one patients with chronic musculoskeletal ... Read more...

Review of electrical stimulation in cerebral palsy and recommendations for future directions.

29 Sep 2009 Electrical stimulation (ES) for treatment of neuromuscular disorders is introduced. Various forms of ES are defined. Characteristics of cerebral palsy (CP) and treatment options are given. The clinical objectives of ES for CP treatment are stated. A ... Read more...

Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome: treatment of lower extremity pain with a spinal cord stimulator.

30 Aug 2009 A young adult man with Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome presented to our pain management service with complaints of severe lower extremity neuropathic pain (pain scale 8 of 10 on the left and 4 of 10 on the right). The pain in his left leg was so severe ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Electric Stimulation Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Validity of electrical stimulus magnitude matching in chronic pain. 30 Oct 2009
• Review of electrical stimulation in cerebral palsy and recommendations for future directions. 29 Sep 2009
• [Surgical options in fecal incontinence] 8 Sep 2009
• Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome: treatment of lower extremity pain with a spinal cord stimulator. 30 Aug 2009
• [Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) as a treatment for the spread phenomenon related to complex regional pain syndrome type- I (CRPS-I )] 30 Aug 2009
• Cardiac rhythm disturbance in a depressed patient after implantation with a vagus nerve stimulator. 30 Aug 2009
• Temporolimbic activation by intracranial electrical stimulation. 30 Aug 2009
• Generating evidence on spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome: not yet fully charged. Clin j pain. 2008;24:757-758. 30 Aug 2009
• [Pelvic floor muscle training with and without functional electrical stimulation as treatment for stress urinary incontinence] 30 Aug 2009
• Lowering of sensory, motor, and pain-tolerance thresholds with burst duration using kilohertz-frequency alternating current electric stimulation: part II. 30 Aug 2009
• Transformational technologies in single-event neurological conditions: applying lessons learned in stroke to cerebral palsy (August 14-15, 2008). 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of electrical stimulation to prevent muscle atrophy on morphologic and histologic properties of hindlimb suspended rat hindlimb muscles. 30 Aug 2009
• Rectal evacuation and antegrade colonic luminal transport by sacral anterior root stimulation in pigs. 30 Aug 2009
• H-Wave induces arteriolar vasodilation in rat striated muscle via nitric oxide-mediated mechanisms. 30 Aug 2009
• Long-term efficacy of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for different types of lower urinary tract dysfunction in children. 18 Aug 2009
• Editorial comment. 18 Aug 2009
• Sacral nerve stimulation for refractory overactive bladder in the elderly population. 13 Aug 2009
• The second-line management of idiopathic overactive bladder: what is the place of sacral neuromodulation and botulinum toxin-A in contemporary practice? 11 Aug 2009
• Peripheral neuromodulation for pain. 6 Aug 2009
• Long term clinical outcome of peripheral nerve stimulation in patients with chronic peripheral neuropathic pain. 5 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Electric Stimulation Therapy'

Definition: Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the threshold of the skin to pain.

Descriptor UI: D004599

Alternative terms: Electric Stimulation Therapy; Therapy, Electric Stimulation; Stimulation Therapy, Electric; Electrotherapy; Therapeutic Electric Stimulation; Electric Stimulation, Therapeutic; Stimulation, Therapeutic Electric;

Related Mesh Headings: Magnetic Field Therapy;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.342; E02.779.468;

Online Note: use ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY to search ELECTROTHERAPY 1966-89

History Note: 90; was ELECTROTHERAPY 1966-89

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition