TENS
delivers alectricity
The main techniques
Contraindications
Clinical application
Serious adverse events from TENS are rare.
Pacemakers
Pregnancy
Epilepsy
TENS similar to acupuncture
Conventional TENS
through the skin
Standard TENS delivers two-phase pulsed currents
Conventional TENS generates strong and painless electrical paresthesia, so the user does not show discomfort.
Positioning is alternate the major nerves proximal to the pain site or paravertebral in the appropriate segments or at the contralateral "mirror" sites.
Electrodes are placed on sensitive skin in dermatomes.
Action mechanisms
Extrasegmental mechanisms
Peripheral mechanisms
Action mechanisms
Neurotransmitters
Intense TENS
