Clinical effect of a new TENS apparatus SOMA DYNE and its influence on blood constituents were studied.
1. Treatment was performed for four consecutive days, 10min a day, in the patients with chronic pain in their various parts of the bodies. After the treatment, the range of movement (ROM) was improved in fifty out of fifty-two patients (96%).
2. Effect of electrotherapy on blood constituent was examined in six male normal controls after treatment for two consecutive days, 10min a day.
1) Red blood cell counts, levels of hemoglobin and hematocrit decreased. Whole white blood cell (WBC) counts decreased; however, no changes were observed in analysis of WBC.
2) Levels of serum sodium and calcium decreased, whereas those of potassium increased.
3) Levels of plasma adrenaline and endorphin decreased.
These changes suggest that
1. SOMA DYNE is very effective for the patient with chronic somatic pain.
2. Electrotherapy may affect the cell ion channels.
3. Sympathetic nerve activity decreases by the treatment.