Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and placebo analgesia: is the effect the same for young and older individuals?
| Autor: | Marylie Martel, Kayla Bergeron-Vézina, Marie-Philippe Harvey, Ines Daguet, Guillaume Léonard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult Male Visual analogue scale medicine.medical_treatment Pain Context (language use) Placebo Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation elderly law.invention rehabilitation Placebos 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Lumbar law medicine Humans Pain Management Young adult Aged Pain Measurement Original Research Rehabilitation business.industry Age Factors sham treatment General Medicine Middle Aged 3. Good health 030104 developmental biology Electrotherapy Research Design ageing Anesthesia Clinical Interventions in Aging electrotherapy Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation placebo Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Analgesia business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Interventions in Aging |
| ISSN: | 1178-1998 |
| Popis: | Inès Daguet,1,2 Kayla Bergeron-Vézina,1,2 Marie-Philippe Harvey,1,2 Marylie Martel,1,2 Guillaume Léonard2,3 1Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; 2Research Center on Aging, Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; 3École de réadaptation, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada Purpose: Placebo analgesia refers to a perceived reduction in pain intensity following the administration of a simulated or otherwise medically ineffective treatment. Previous studies have shown that many factors can influence the magnitude of placebo analgesia. However, few investigations have examined the effect of age on placebo analgesia, and none have done it in the context of electrotherapeutic interventions. The objective of this study is to compare the placebo response induced by sham transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) between young and older individuals, using an experimental heat-pain paradigm.Patients and methods: Twenty-two young (21–39 years) and 22 older (58–76 years) healthy adults participated in this comparative study. Experimental heat pain was evoked with a thermode (2-min stimulation at a constant individually adjusted temperature) applied on the lumbar region. Participants were asked to evaluate the intensity of their pain using a computerized visual analog scale. Experimental pain was induced before and after an unconditioned placebo intervention (placebo TENS) applied for 25 min.Results: In young individuals, no significant pain reductions were noted, whereas in older individuals, a statistically significant pain reduction was observed after the placebo stimulation (P |
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