Multimodal non-invasive non-pharmacological therapies for chronic pain: mechanisms and progress

Y Shi, W Wu - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Chronic pain conditions impose significant burdens worldwide.
Pharmacological treatments like opioids have limitations. Non-invasive non …

[HTML][HTML] Using TENS for pain control: update on the state of the evidence

CGT Vance, DL Dailey, RL Chimenti, BJ Van Gorp… - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-pharmacological intervention
used in the treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. The first clinical studies on TENS …

Primary dysmenorrhea: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment updates

R Itani, L Soubra, S Karout, D Rahme… - Korean journal of …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a common, disregarded, underdiagnosed, and inadequately
treated complaint of both young and adult females. It is characterized by painful cramps in …

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in relieving neuropathic pain: basic mechanisms and clinical applications

T Mokhtari, Q Ren, N Li, F Wang, Y Bi, L Hu - Current pain and headache …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is widely
used as a non-pharmacological approach for pain relief in a variety of clinical conditions …

Pharmacologic management of persistent pain in cancer survivors

P Glare, K Aubrey, A Gulati, YC Lee, N Moryl… - Drugs, 2022 - Springer
Improvements in screening, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has seen cancer mortality
substantially diminish in the past three decades. It is estimated there are almost 20 million …

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and heat to reduce pain in a chronic low back pain population: a randomized controlled clinical trial

L Leemans, Ö Elma, J Nijs, TH Wideman… - Brazilian journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. The therapeutic
management of patients with chronic LBP is challenging. Objectives The aim of this study is …

Indium‐Gallium‐Zinc‐Oxide Based Photoelectric Neuromorphic Transistors for Modulable Photoexcited Corneal Nociceptor Emulation

S Ke, Y He, L Zhu, Z Jiang, H Mao… - Advanced Electronic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photoexcited corneal nociceptor (PCN) can recognize the noxious light stimulus and
generate/transmit pain signals to the central nervous system, enabling the early‐warning …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of exercise-induced hypoalgesia and its neural mechanisms

B Wu, L Zhou, C Chen, J Wang, LI Hu… - Medicine & Science in …, 2022 - researchgate.net
MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants. A total of 48 participants (24 females; mean±SD
age, 23.5±2.3 yr) were recruited from Shanghai University of Sport through advertisements …

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation facilitates cortical arousal and alertness

Y Chen, X Lu, L Hu - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a promising noninvasive
technique with potential beneficial effects on human emotion and cognition, including …

Effects and mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia mediated by afferent nerves in acupoint microenvironments

Z Fan, B Dou, J Wang, Y Wu, S Du, J Li, K Yao… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In the past few decades, the use of acupuncture analgesia in clinical practice has increased
worldwide. This is due to its various benefits, including natural alleviation of pain without …