The Korean Journal of Pain

The Korean Pain Society (대한통증학회)
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The Effect of Acupuncture-like TENS on Finger Control Gate -Patients with cervical sprain and postoperative pain of laminectomy-

전기수지자극의 통증관리효과 -척추후궁절제술 환자의 수술 후 통증과 경추부 염좌환자에 대한 통증관리효과-

  • Lee, Sang-Hun (Department of Anesthesiology, Pain clinic, College of Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Kon (Department of Anesthesiology, Pain clinic, College of Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Woo, Nam-Sik (Department of Anesthesiology, Pain clinic, College of Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lee, Ye-Chul (Department of Anesthesiology, Pain clinic, College of Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Chang, Sang-Keun (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Bok (Department of Biology, An Dong University)
  • 이상훈 (건국대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 김성곤 (건국대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 우남식 (건국대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 이예철 (건국대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 장상근 (건국대학교 의과대학 마취과학교실 신경외과학교실) ;
  • 김선복 (안동대학교 자연과학대학원 생물학과)
  • Published : 1996.06.01
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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 ALTEND 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.

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