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Short-pulse electroanalgesia
Last reviewed: 07.07.2025
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Short-pulse electroanalgesia (analogous to the name of the method - transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation - TENS) is a method of local action with pulsed electric current of the corresponding parameters through electrodes and wet hydrophilic pads (or with the help of an electrically conductive gel), contacted to certain areas of the patient's skin.
Operating mode: current 5-10 mA; pulse repetition frequency 40-400 Hz; pulse duration 20-500 μs; pulse shape rectangular or triangular.
Operating mode: current 15-30 mA; pulse repetition frequency 2-12 Hz; pulse duration - 20-500 μs; pulse shape rectangular or triangular.
Current shape: single-phase (one polarity, rectangular or triangular), two-phase symmetrical (rectangular or triangular shape, with identical positive and negative phases), two-phase asymmetrical (rectangular shape, the negative phase changes to positive exponentially).
The effect of the factor is similar to the diadynamic therapy method, but with a lesser degree of severity of clinical manifestations due to the lower voltage of the electric current.
Main clinical effects: analgesic, local vasoactive, local trophic.
Equipment: “EPB-60-01”, “Delta-101”, “Delta-102”, “Neuron”, “Impulse”, “Eliman-01”, “Electronics CHENS-2M”, “Prolog-2”, “Prolog-3”, “SCENAR”, devices of the “DENAS” series, etc.
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