Journal of the Korean Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology (대한임상전기생리학회지)
- Volume 1 Issue 2
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- Pages.69-76
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- 2003
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- 1738-0472(pISSN)
The Change of Pressure Pain Threshold of Myofascial Trigger Points by Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
경피신경전기자극에 의한 근-근막 발통점의 압통각 역치의 변화
- Lee, Jeong-Woo (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Hongjae Clinic) ;
- Han, Dong-Wook (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Masan Collage)
- Published : 2003.12.31
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation(TENS) on the alteration of pressure pain threshold of myofascial trigger points. We used fifty nine patients with upper trapezius mayofascial pain syndrome. Participants classified according to each group in conventional TENS(high rate, low intensity) and acupuncture like TENS(low rate, high intensity). The test was measured continuously pre test, post-test by algometer. The following results were obtained; 1. Pressure pain threshold were significantly increased in all groups(p<.001). 2. In comparison between groups, pressure pain threshold were not significantly differenced. These results lead us to the conclusion that each method by TENS were significantly increased pressure pain threshold of upper trapezius trigger points. Therefore, a further direction of this study will be to provide more evidence that TENS method have an effect on pressure pain threshold of myofascial trigger points.