In:
Angiology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 42, No. 5 ( 1991-05), p. 414-417
Abstract:
Transcutaneous nerve stimulation (TENS) has been described as resulting in vasodilatation. The effect of 2 Hz TENS of the right hand during forty-five minutes on skin temperature and plethysmography of the third digit of both hands and feet and on transcutaneous oxygen tension (Tcp02) of the right hand was compared with that of a control study using indifferent stimulation of the iliopsoas region in 8 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon. After TENS a slight increase in skin temperature of both hands was found, while plethysmographic amplitude was increased in the contralateral hand only. No changes in TcpO 2 occurred. The authors conclude that the observed small effects of TENS are of no clinical value in primary Raynaud's phenomenon.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0003-3197
,
1940-1574
DOI:
10.1177/000331979104200510
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1991
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2065911-8
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