Title :
Objective Measurement of Pain Intensity by Electrostimulation of Biological Active Points
Author :
Peskov, A.B. ; Stuchebnikov, V.M.
Author_Institution :
Ulyanovsk State Univ., Ulyanovsk
Abstract :
We have established a good correlation between electrical pulse amplitude set by the patient at computerized electroacupuncture stimulation and pain intensity determined according to visual pain scale. Our results show that the value of the pulse amplitude can be used as an objective index of pain intensity before or in the process of pain syndrome treatment.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomedical measurement; neurophysiology; patient treatment; biological active points; computerized electroacupuncture stimulation; electrical pulse amplitude set; electrostimulation; objective measurement; objective pain intensity index; pain intensity; pain syndrome treatment; visual pain scale; Application software; Electric variables measurement; Frequency; Intestines; Medical treatment; Muscles; Pain; Pulse measurements; Stomach; Voltage; biologically active points; bowel irritable syndrome; electroacupuncture; pain intensity; visual pain scale;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Measurement and Applications, 2007. MEMEA '07. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1080-0
DOI :
10.1109/MEMEA.2007.4285159
