Open AccessEvaluation of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as an adjunct therapy in trigeminal neuralgia - a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical study
Author(s) -
Suman Bisla,
Ambika Gupta,
Shalini Agarwal,
Harpreet Singh,
Ankita Sehrawat,
Aarti Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2383-9309
DOI - 10.17245/jdapm.2021.21.6.565
Subject(s) - medicine , transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , trigeminal neuralgia , placebo , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , analysis of variance , randomized controlled trial , mann–whitney u test , carbamazepine , physical therapy , surgery , epilepsy , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a severe form of pain that affects the daily activities of a patient. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy is an emerging option for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of TENS therapy as an adjunct to drug therapy for the treatment of TN.