title: [Proof of TNS effect using experimental heat pain].
abstract: By means of experimentally induced heat pain, the effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TNS) was studied in 51 healthy volunteers. TNS produces an elevation of the lower range of sensitiveness to pain ("elevated pain threshold") and hence pain relief. The findings are compared with neurophysiological results from leads of polymodal human C-fibres and spinothalamic tract (dorsal horn) neurons. Their importance for clinical pain syndromes is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000503:physiopathology; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000503:physiopathology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000503:physiopathology*; D059408:Pain Management; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D013697:Thermosensing / Q000502:physiology*; D004561:Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Nachweis der analgetischen TNS-Wirkung mit Hilfe des experimentellen Hitzeschmerzes.