Short-Term Interferential Transabdominal Electrical Stimulation Did Not Change Oral-Rectal Transit Time in Piglets
| Autor: | John M. Hutson, Magdy Sourial, Andre Yi Feng Tan, Bridget R. Southwell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Constipation
Time Factors Swine Rectum Stimulation Abdominal cavity 03 medical and health sciences Random Allocation 0302 clinical medicine Abdomen medicine Animals Transit (astronomy) Esophagus Gastrointestinal Transit Mouth business.industry Stomach digestive oral and skin physiology General Medicine Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology Anesthesia Anesthetic Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society. 21(7) |
| ISSN: | 1525-1403 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES) using interferential current (IFC) is a new therapeutic treatment for constipation. Clinical studies show that TES-IFC for 3-6 months improves colonic transit, but it is not clear if short-term stimulation affects transit or the effect requires longer to develop. The aim of this study was to determine if TES-IFC for only four days affects oral-rectal transit time in healthy pigs. METHODS Twenty-two 4-5-week old large white female piglets had transit studies during week 4 and week 5 by placing a capsule containing 18 radiopaque plastic markers in the esophagus under anesthetic followed by x-rays at 6, 30, 54, and 78 hours. Animals were randomly assigned to active or control groups. The active group received TES for 30 min daily for four days. Interferential current was applied through four electrodes (4 × 4 cm), with two para-spinal just below the last rib and two on the belly at the same level. Stimulation was at 4000 Hz and 4080-4160 Hz with currents crossing through the abdominal cavity. RESULTS Whole bowel transit times ranged from 7.7 to 72.2 hours, stomach transit from |
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