المؤلفون: Santuzzi, Cíntia Helena, Neto, Henrique de Azevedo Futuro, Pires, José Guilherme Pinheiro, Gonçalves, Washington Luiz Silva, Gouvea, Sônia Alves, Abreu, Glaucia Rodrigues

المصدر: Physiotherapy Theory & Practice; Nov2013, Vol. 29 Issue 8, p630-638, 9p, 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs

مصطلحات موضوعية: PAIN management, HYPERALGESIA treatment, ANALGESICS, ANALYSIS of variance, ANIMAL experimentation, ARTERIES, BIOLOGICAL models, BLOOD pressure, COMPARATIVE studies, STATISTICAL correlation, HEART beat, PROBABILITY theory, RATS, REGRESSION analysis, RESPIRATION, SCIATIC nerve, SEROTONIN, T-test (Statistics), TRANSCUTANEOUS electrical nerve stimulation, DATA analysis software

مستخلص: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (HF-TENS) in antihyperalgesia, assessed through changes of sciatic nerve activity and its effects on cardiorespiratory parameters, using formalin-induced nociception in anesthetized rats. The animals were divided into formalin (FORM) and HF-TENS groups. All rats received injections of 5% formalin (50 μl, right hind-paw). The sciatic nerve activity and cardiopulmonary parameters (mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and respiratory frequency) were measured, and then the serum levels of serotonin (5-HT) were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit. The formalin injection was able to increase the sciatic nerve activity, heart rate, and respiratory frequency. The treatment with HF-TENS significantly reduced the sciatic nerve activity and respiratory frequency 20 minutes after formalin injection and was able to increase serum 5-HT. Furthermore, when comparing the groups, reductions in the mean arterial pressure, heart rate, respiratory frequency, and sciatic nerve activity were shown at different times. Thus, we concluded that HF-TENS was capable of inducing analgesia, which was most likely related to increased serotonin release. Moreover, we demonstrated that TENS was able to block the adverse cardiovascular and respiratory changes induced by pain. Further neurophysiological studies are necessary to clarify the intrinsic mechanisms underlying HF-TENS-induced analgesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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