INTRODUCTION The current approach to women with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) comprises a multidimensional, multidisciplinary therapeutic protocol. As PVD is considered to be a chronic pain disorder, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) can be used as an additional therapy for women with otherwise therapy-resistant PVD. AIMS The aims of this study were to evaluate whether TENS h...

BACKGROUND Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, system disease. It commonly affects the small peripheral joints (such as fingers and wrist). The main goals of intervention for RA are preventing joint deformity, preserving joint function, and reducing inflammation and pain. Transelectrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a form of electrotherapy and is thought to produce analgesia a...

The effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on the survival of a dorsal musculocutaneous flap was studied in the rat. Postoperative TENS treatment significantly increased the flap survival area in groups of rats receiving different modes of TENS. The flap survival area was up to 95% in the TENS-treated groups compared with 33-45% in the control groups. Repeated (3 days) hig...

Multi-atom catalysts (MACs) with active sites consisting of two to tens metal atoms have molecule-like electronic structure and promising catalytic properties. In article number 2000213, Xiao Yan, Feng Hou, Ji Liang co-workers present the recent progress MACs in energy-related electrocatalysis, including synthesis, characterization applications. Challenges prospects for are also presented shed ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is commonly used to treat musculoskeletal pain, but it may also be indicated for postoperative analgesia. The objective of this study was to evaluate the analgesic effects of TENS on post-thoracotomy. METHODS Thirty patients between 18 and 60 years of age undergoing thoracotomy for lung cancer resection on the second...

Objectives: Dysmenorrhea is a common problem among female adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of high-frequency Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on primary dysmenorrhea and to compare it with placebo in a randomized controlled study. Methodology: Sixty four female aged between 14-18 years at the first day of their menstruation cycle randomly divide...

We present a novel algorithm for smooth and collision-free navigation for multiple human-like robots. Our approach combines reciprocal collision avoidance with kinematic and dynamic stability constraints to compute a non-oscillatory trajectory for each high-DOF robot. We use a multi-level optimization algorithm that combines accelerationvelocity obstacles with trajectory optimization. We highli...

This review discusses briefly the preparation, electrochemistry, and electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) as well as spectroscopic properties of organic nanoparticles. Organic nanoparticles, ranging from several tens of nanometers to hundreds of nanometers in diameter, were successfully prepared by various methods. Using a simple reprecipitation method, organic nanoparticles of a very small...

A new simple method for non-invasive cell culture viability monitoring based on vital fluorescent stains is introduced, and its efficiency for long-term experiments on cells is demonstrated. In contrast to common methods for cell viability control, which are usually either destructive (like flow-type counters or dead cells coloring and counting), or hardly quantitative like fluorescent microsco...