The analysis of clinical effect of TENS on treatment of temporomandibular disorder
Abstract：Objective:To study and analysis the effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation(TENS) on the treatment of temporomandibular disorder(TMD) patients. Methods:135 cases with TMD participated in this study. 67cases (70 temporomandibular joint) received TENS therapy and 68 cases (70 temporomandibular joint)received He－Ne Laser therapy（ control group） . Compare the total effect and the effect within 10 times therapy of the two groups and the effect with the course respectively. Result: The total fully－recovered and notable－improved rate and effective rate of TENS group and control group were 88.6％ 、 97.1％ ， and 82.9％ 、 95.7％ , respectively. There weren't significant differences between both groups(P >0.05).To the patients within 10 times therapy, the fully－recovered and notable－improved rate of TENS group (46 temporomandibular joint)and control group(41 temporomandibular joint) were 89.1％ and 70.7％（ χ2=4.6676， P<0.05） ,the average therapy times were(5.4± 2.0)and(6.7± 2.0)（ 95％ confidence limit）（ P< 0.05).Conclusion: Clinical practice initially confirms that TENS is an effective therapy for TMD. It has better effect in shortening the course and alleviating the symptoms of TMD compared with He－Ne Laser.
Keywords：transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulationHe－Ne Lasertemporomandibular disorder(TMD)
Publication Date：2000-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 483-485 )