title: [Treatment of patients with facial hemispasm by transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation].
abstract: Fifty-two patients (aged 15 to 78 years) suffering from facial hemispasm were treated by transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS). For this purpose electric-impulse apparatuses generating bipolar nonsymmetrical impulses were employed. The employment of TENS eliminated hyperkinesis for a period of several minutes to several hours. Interparoxysmal intervals lengthened and hyperkinesis became less pronounced. After a TENS session EMG showed no spontaneous activity in the form of "volleys of oscillations". A possible mechanism of TENS therapeutic effect in facial hemispasm is discussed.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Grechko
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Gruzman
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Kholodova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004576:Electromyography; D005152:Facial Muscles; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Lechenie bol'nykh litsevym gemispazmom metodom cheskozhnoĭ élektroneĭrostimuliatsii.