Politics & Electrical Therapy | Feb '99 Newsletter

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

The Fact Files

Cover Story:
The Politics of Electrical Therapy.

Therapy Closeup:
Patello-Femoral Maltracking.

Bit's n' Pieces:
MET: The Big Picture. What's it all about?

The Fact Files:
Scientific research in support of Electrical Stimulation for post-operative pain relief.

These research article abstracts have been downloaded from the Medline database at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

Bio Electronics and Jim's MET believe that electrical stimulation deserves a place in the management of pain after all surgical procedures. Here are the summaries of the findings of 26 research articles that concur.

Typical results include:

marked decrease in pain levels

fewer surgical complications

decreased use of pain killing drugs, &

fewer complications arising from drug use.

Post-operative TENS pain relief after knee surgery: objective evaluation.

Use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the control of postoperative chest pain after cardiac surgery.

Control of postoperative pain by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after thoracic operations.

The effect of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation on postoperative pain and pulmonary function.

Pain reduction with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after foot surgery.

Overview of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for treatment of acute postoperative pain.

Transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation in postlaminectomy pain.

The effect of location of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on postoperative opioid analgesic requirement: acupoint versus nonacupoint stimulation.

Use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for postoperative pain.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation after cesarean birth.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for pain control after spinal fusion with Harrington rods. A clinical report.

The use of transcutaneous neural stimulation and isokinetic testing in arthroscopic knee surgery.