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Pain control using high‐intensity pulsed magnetic stimulation
Author(s) -
Ellis Wladislaw V.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.2250140607
Subject(s) - intensity (physics) , stimulation , medicine , low intensity pulsed ultrasound , nuclear magnetic resonance , biomedical engineering , physics , optics , radiology , ultrasound , therapeutic ultrasound
High‐intensity pulsed magnetic stimulation (HIPMS) non‐invasively depolarizes neurones, which can be deeply embedded in local tissues. Trans‐ or subcutaneous electrical stimulation can produce analgesia. To test the hypothesis that similar analgesia could be obtained using HIPMS, analgesia was determined in ten blinded subjects following HIPMS. Analgesia was consistently produced in all subjects with long‐lasting pain relief occurring in half of the cases. ©1993 Wiley‐Liss. Inc.