Improved Walking Claudication Distance with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation: An Old Treatment with a New Indication in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

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serval:BIB_7859D21E5EC4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Improved Walking Claudication Distance with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation: An Old Treatment with a New Indication in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
Journal
Am J Phys Med Rehabil
Author(s)
Labrunee M., Boned A., Granger R., Bousquet M., Jordan C., Richard L., Garrigues D., Gremeaux V., Senard J. M., Pathak A., Guiraud T.
ISSN
1537-7385 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0894-9115
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2015
Volume
94
Number
11
Pages
941-9
Language
english
Notes
Labrunee, Marc
Boned, Anne
Granger, Richard
Bousquet, Marc
Jordan, Christian
Richard, Lisa
Garrigues, Damien
Gremeaux, Vincent
Senard, Jean-Michel
Pathak, Atul
Guiraud, Thibaut
eng
Randomized Controlled Trial
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 Nov;94(11):941-9. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000277.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether 45 mins of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation before exercise could delay pain onset and increase walking distance in peripheral artery disease patients. DESIGN: After a baseline assessment of the walking velocity that led to pain after 300 m, 15 peripheral artery disease patients underwent four exercise sessions in a random order. The patients had a 45-min transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation session with different experimental conditions: 80 Hz, 10 Hz, sham (presence of electrodes without stimulation), or control with no electrodes, immediately followed by five walking bouts on a treadmill until pain occurred. The patients were allowed to rest for 10 mins between each bout and had no feedback concerning the walking distance achieved. RESULTS: Total walking distance was significantly different between T10, T80, sham, and control (P < 0.0003). No difference was observed between T10 and T80, but T10 was different from sham and control. Sham, T10, and T80 were all different from control (P < 0.001). There was no difference between each condition for heart rate and blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation immediately before walking can delay pain onset and increase walking distance in patients with class II peripheral artery disease, with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of 10 Hz being the most effective.
Keywords
Female, Humans, Intermittent Claudication/physiopathology/*therapy, Male, Peripheral Arterial Disease/physiopathology/*therapy, *Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation/methods, *Walking/physiology
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