J Korean Pain Soc.  1996 Jun;9(1):140-144.

The Effect of Acupuncture like TENS on Finger Control Gate: Patients with cervical sprain and postoperative pain of laminectomy

• Lee SH
• Kim SK
• Woo NS
• Lee YC
• Chang SK
• Kim SB

Abstract

Electrical stimulation is a common method for successful pain management for both acute and a some cases of chronic pain. The incidence of cervical sprain is very high with automobile accidents. Treatment of cervical sprain is consists of analgesic drugs and physical therapy. Lower back pain is a common problem in pain clinics. Back pain management are complex, so we have difficulty to choose best treatment modality. The prevalence of herniated lumbar disc (HLD) is 1-3% of lower back pain. The cases of laminectomy varies between 10-20% and postoperative pain is prolonged for several day. We applied Acupuncture like TENS (ALTENS) on the digit for cervical sprain patients and post laminectomy pain patient for three days. The result was very satisfactory. And we found that total hospital days in ALTENS groups are shorter than control group in both disease entities. In conclusion, acupuncture like TENS on finger control gate is an effective method of the pain management.

Keyword

Acupuncture; Acupuncture like TENS

MeSH Terms

Acupuncture*
Analgesics
Automobiles
Back Pain
Chronic Pain
Electric Stimulation
Fingers*
Humans
Incidence
Laminectomy*
Low Back Pain
Pain Clinics
Pain Management
Pain, Postoperative*
Prevalence
Sprains and Strains*
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation*
Analgesics