TENS Units & EMS Units:
Pain Relief Medical Citations For TENS

Pain Relief with TENS

There are a multitude of painful conditions for which TENS units have been used for in pain relief.  Table 1 lists some of the conditions that have responded positively to the use of TENS.

TABLE 1

• Arthritis (10,12,13)
• Osteoarthritis (3.9)
• Cervical spondylosis (3.9,10,12)
• Low back pain (1,3,8,10,12,13)
• Fibrositis/Myofascial pain syndromes (10,12,13)
• Acute sprains/strains, Sports injuries (1.9,10)
• Tendinitis/Bursitis (9,12)
• Carpal Tunnel syndrome (1,3,13)
• Radiculopathy (1.9,13)
• Peripheral nerve injuries (1,10,13)
• Phantom limb pain (3,9,13)
• Post operative pain (1,3,6,9,10,12,13)
• Spinal cord disorders (1,10)
• Pain in the terminally ill (1,3,13)
• Labor pain (1,3)
  

Tens should NOT be used:

• By someone with a pacemaker (3,6,8)
• By someone with a heart condition (3,8,10)
• By someone with epilepsy (3,6)
• With the electrodes on infected (inflamed) skin (3,4)
• By women who are pregnant (3,6,8,10,12)
• Around the head (3)
• With the electrodes placed on the neck near carotid (3,6,9)
  

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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