[Using transcranial electric stimulation in patients with occupational disorders of the nervous system].

Abstract

The paper presents the results of transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) in treating patients with vibration disease and occupational lumbosacral radiculopathy. It is shown that the inclusion of TES in the program of rehabilitation therapy gives a more pronounced clinical effect, helps to reduce pain, has psychological correcting antidepressant action significantly, improves the quality of life of patients. The study results enable to recommend TES in the complex medical and rehabilitative measures as an effective and pathogenetically substantiated method of treatment of patients with occupational diseases of the nervous system.

• Authors: A V Sukhova, V A Kir'iakov
• Journal: Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia (Med Tr Prom Ekol) Issue 8 Pg. 43-8 ( 2011) ISSN: 1026-9428 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 22180978 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Humans
• Lumbosacral Region
• Middle Aged
• Neuropsychological Tests
• Occupational Diseases (etiology, psychology, therapy)
• Polyneuropathies (etiology, psychology, therapy)
• Quality of Life
• Radiculopathy (etiology, psychology, therapy)
• Surveys and Questionnaires
• Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (instrumentation, methods)
• Treatment Outcome
• Vibration (adverse effects)