전기수지자극의 통증관리효과 - 척추후궁절제술 환자의 수술 후 통증과 경추부 염좌환자에 대한 통증관리효과

Electrical stimulation is a common method for successful pain management for both acute and a some cases of chronic pain. The incidence of cervical sprain is very high with automobile accidents. Treatment of cervical sprain is consists of analgesic drugs and physi- cal therapy. Lower back pain is a common problem in pain clinics. Back pain management are complex, so we have difficulty to choose best treatment modality. The prevalence of herniated lumbar disc(HLD) is 1-3% of lower back pain. The cases of laminectomy varies between 10-20% and postoperative pain is prolonged for several day. We applied Acupuncture like TENS(ALTENS) on the digit for cervical sprain patients and post laminectomy pain patient for three days. The result was very satisfactory. And we found that total hospital days in ALTENS groups are shorter than control group in both disease entities. In conclusion, acupuncture like TENS on finger control gate is an effective method of the pain management.