ELECTRICAL STIMULATION IN CHRONIC LOW-BACK PAIN
Open Access
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 49 (6) , 629-632
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/49.6.629
Abstract
Since 1972, 367 patients with chronic low-back pain have been treated by electrical stimulation (e.s.). Patients with herniated disc lesions and spondylitis and allied conditions were included. Following e.s. 75–100% pain relief was obtained by 53% of the patients. 50% pain relief by 27% and there was no improvement in 20% of patients. In a follow-up of 208 patients, 6–36 months later, approximately 70% stated that pain relief was similar to that obtained at the end of treatment.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Transcutaneous electrical stimulation and acupuncture: Comparison of treatment for low-back painPain, 1976
- Electrical stimulation in the nervous system: The current status of electrical stimulation of the nervous system for relief of painPain, 1975