Open AccessEfficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Overactive Bladder
Author(s) -
Nidhi Sharma,
K. Sashi Rekha,
Krishnamurthy Jayashree Srinivasan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/21683.8729
Subject(s) - overactive bladder , transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , medicine , urination , anticholinergic , anesthesia , urinary incontinence , stimulation , reflex , urology , urinary system , alternative medicine , pathology
Overactive Bladder (OAB) accounts for 40-70% cases of incontinence. The etiology is unknown though detrusor instability is found in urodynamic evaluation of almost all cases. Detrusor instability or hyperreflexia can be inhibited by direct inhibition of impulses in the pre-ganglionic afferent neuron or by inhibition of bladder pre-ganglionic neurons of the efferent limb of micturition reflex. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is based on the gate control theory of abolishing the local micturition reflex arc.