BACKGROUND Electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves produces acute analgesic effects. This randomized, sham-controlled, crossover study was designed to evaluate the effect of differing durations of electrical stimulation on the analgesic response to percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in 75 consenting patients with low back pain. METHODS All patients received electrical stimulation f...

Lower urinary tract disorders and colorectal diseases like faecal incontinence often are caused by neurological disorders. One solution is functional restoration via the pathways of the nervous system by electrical stimulation of the involved nervous tracts. New basic and clinical research suggest that peripheral and more superficial techniques can successfully applied to correct functional uro...

Several authors have reported functional and therapeutic benefits after the application of electrical stimulation to children with neurological disorders (1-3). A functional movement can be induced by electrical neuromuscular stimulation of the paralysed muscles with intact excitability of their peripheral innervation. A long-term use of electrical neuromuscular stimulation can strengthen the w...

[Purpose] This study investigated the effects of a 12-hour neuromuscular electrical stimulation program in the evening hours on upper extremity function in sub-acute stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Forty-five subjects were randomized to one of three groups: 12-hour neuromuscular electrical stimulation group (n=15), which received 12 hours of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and conv...

Introduction: It is believed that injury potential has a regulatory role in wound healing process and the application of exogenous electrical stimulation may serve to mimic the natural endogenous bioelectric current so that can improve the wound healing. Up to now, this hypothesis has not been researched in surgically acute wounds. Materials and Methods: Thirty nine male guinea pigs were random...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the application of Functional Electrical Stimulation improves gait kinematics and walking ability in people with multiple sclerosis who experience foot drop. DESIGN Acute open labelled comparative observation trial. PARTICIPANTS Twelve people (3 females, 9 males, EDSS 2-4) with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (47.8 years (standard deviation 6.6)) who were ...

Objective-To determine the effect of Electroacupuncture and Transcutaneous Electrical Neural Stimulation on Regeneration of Sciatic Nerve in Dog   Design - Experimental in vivo study. Animals - A total of 15 adult male mixed bred dogs, weighing 26±2.6 Kg/BW with aging of 42±6 months, which were divided into three groups of  5 dogs. Procedures-Under general anesthesia, the right sciatic nerv...

[Purpose] This study investigated whether hip adductor activity was influenced by electrical stimulation of the tensor fascia lata muscle. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were 16 nondisabled males. Each subject was asked to adduct the hip joint with maximum effort. The electromyogram of the adductor longus was recorded under two experimental conditions, with and without electrical stimulati...

This is an unusually handsome and skillfully edited volume of contributions which has some of the attributes of an introductory text in the area of brain and behavior and methodologies for their combined study. No other single volume has so successfully approached the task of presenting (rather than merely providing) a survey of "neurobehavioral integrative systems." The volume had its inceptio...