Department of Human Sciences, Ube Frontier University Graduate School, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan; Takahashi Clinic and Research and Development Department, Business Development Center, Omron Healthcare Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan; and Department of Anesthesiology, Saitama Medical School, Moroyama, Saitama, Japan.
Neuromodulation. 2007 Jan;10(1):42-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2007.00086.x.
Objectives. Newly developed bidirectional modulated sine waves (BMW) might provide some derived benefit to patients with low back pain. Pain relief by transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) with BMWs was tested. Materials and Methods. Analgesic effects of BMWs and conventional bidirectional pulsed waves on chronic back pain in 28 patients were compared, and effects of repeated TENS using BMWs on chronic back pain were investigated in 21 patients by means of a randomized double-blind, sham-controlled, parallel-group method. Pain intensity was assessed using numerical rating scale (NRS). Results. There was significant immediate reduction in NRS in patients receiving BMWs, and 60 min after treatment compared to sham TENS. Weekly repeated treatments using massage and TENS with BMWs for 5 weeks resulted in a decrease of NRS, but there were no significant differences between the TENS plus massage and sham TENS plus massage groups. Conclusions. This study shows that TENS with BMWs significantly inhibits chronic back pain, and treatment effects are attained within a day. The results also suggest that there were no statistically significant long-term effects of TENS with BMW in the repeated treatment.
目的。新开发的双向调制正弦波(BMW)可能会给腰痛患者带来一些衍生益处。本文测试了 BMW 经皮神经电刺激(TENS)的镇痛效果。
材料和方法。比较了 BMWs 和传统双向脉冲波对 28 例慢性腰痛患者的镇痛效果,并用随机双盲、假对照、平行组方法研究了 21 例慢性腰痛患者重复使用 BMWs 的 TENS 效果。使用数字评分量表(NRS)评估疼痛强度。
结果。接受 BMWs 治疗的患者 NRS 即刻显著降低,治疗后 60 分钟与假 TENS 相比也显著降低。每周重复使用按摩和 BMWs 的 TENS 治疗 5 周,NRS 降低,但 TENS 加按摩组与假 TENS 加按摩组之间无显著差异。
结论。本研究表明,BMW 经皮神经电刺激(TENS)可显著抑制慢性腰痛,且治疗效果在一天内即可显现。结果还表明,在重复治疗中,BMW 经皮神经电刺激(TENS)并无统计学意义上的长期效果。
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