Nordemar Rolf, Thörner Conny
Department of Physical Medicine and Medical Rehabilitation, Karolinska Sjukhuset, S-104 01 Stockholm Sweden.
Pain. 1981 Feb;10(1):93-101. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(81)90050-6.
Thirty patients with acute cervical pain were randomized into 3 groups and treated with neck collar, transcutaneous nerve stimulation, or manual therapy. The improvement was rapid in all groups, but the restoration of the cervical mobility was significantly more rapid in the transcutaneous nerve stimulation group. Some of the patients with manual therapy treatment had remarkably quick symptom reduction, although this was not significantly better than the collar alone. It is concluded that transcutaneous nerve stimulation is a valuable pain reducer and gives a more rapid restoration of cervical mobility in acute cervical pain.
30例急性颈部疼痛患者被随机分为3组，分别采用颈托、经皮神经电刺激或手法治疗。所有组的症状改善都很快，但经皮神经电刺激组颈部活动度的恢复明显更快。一些接受手法治疗的患者症状减轻非常迅速，尽管这并不比单纯使用颈托显著更好。结论是，经皮神经电刺激是一种有价值的疼痛缓解方法，能使急性颈部疼痛患者的颈部活动度更快恢复。
