Myers R A, Woolf C J, Mitchell D
S Afr Med J. 1977 Aug 13;52(8):309-12.
Peripheral transcutaneous electrical stimulation has been used in an attempt to relieve the pain associated with fractured ribs. Sixty-two per cent of the patients considered their pain to be greatly relieved by this electro-analgesic technique and a further 28% gained some relief. Pain was assessed by means of a visual analogue scale. In most of the patients there was a clinical improvement in their condition, the degree of which correlated well with the pain relief. This trial indicated that transcutaneous electro-analgesia is a useful technique for producing analgesia in patients suffering from acute trauma, without some of the side-effects inherent in more conventional forms of therapy.
外周经皮电刺激已被用于尝试缓解与肋骨骨折相关的疼痛。62%的患者认为这种电镇痛技术能极大地缓解他们的疼痛，另有28%的患者也有所缓解。通过视觉模拟量表评估疼痛程度。大多数患者的病情有了临床改善，改善程度与疼痛缓解情况密切相关。该试验表明，经皮电镇痛是一种在急性创伤患者中产生镇痛效果的有用技术，且没有一些传统治疗方式所固有的副作用。
