Sentences with phrase «nerve stimulation»

Short - term peripheral nerve stimulation may be a new approach to preventing long - term changes in nerve and muscle function and improving rehabilitation outcomes after spinal cord injuries.

The amazing benefits of skin - to - skin contact are delivered by nerve stimulation.

According to the researchers, short - term peripheral nerve stimulation may be a new approach to preventing long - term changes in nerve and muscle function and improving rehabilitation outcomes.

Tens or transcutaneus electrical nerve stimulation passes electrical signals into the muscles which can block pain signals to the brain and stimulate the muscles into movement which may also relieve symptoms.

Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Treatment - Resistant Depression.

Effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pain, function, and quality of life in fibromyalgia: a double - blind randomized clinical trial.

I came across a study a few years ago (but couldn't find it again) on vagus nerve stimulation in epileptic patients, and it mentioned that patients reported improvements in mood, so it seems pretty likely that these are reciprocally related.

These include Nervana (no affiliation), a device that combines vagus nerve stimulation with relaxing music, and pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy, which is offered in the form of a handheld device through MicroPulse (no affiliation).

Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) units can be helpful pain reduction tool for labor, especially if the laboring person is dealing with back labor.

Patients with SCI underwent 30 minutes of electrical nerve stimulation therapy five days a week for six weeks on one limb.

An abstract to be presented by the American Academy of Neurology (CA, USA) reports patients suffering from hand tremors may find relief with a novel, non-invasive nerve stimulation treatment.

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data (abstract 0378) on their outcomes with hypoglossal nerve stimulation for the treatment of patients with sleep apnea at SLEEP 2016, the 30th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC.

Electrodiagnostic tests, such as repetitive nerve stimulation tests and single - fiber electromyography, are available at veterinary teaching hospitals and some specialized referral clinics.

Again, some of these treatments are being used by mainstream medical specialists such as neurologists (cranial nerve stimulation for migraine) and otolaryngologists (balance issues with gyrostim), but, as of yet, infrequently for post-concussion syndrome.

Effects of hypoglycemia on fMRI response to median nerve stimulation in the rat brain.

Sometimes a condition will worsen during the 48 hours following treatment, but this is typically an indication that physiological changes are occurring, including nerve stimulation, increased blood circulation, and relieved muscle spasms.

Dr. White and his colleagues had previously identified a key cellular factor — known to be a specific voltage-gated sodium ion channel — involved in that non-opioid process of pain nerve stimulation.

Last May, SPR won a $ 6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop its non-opioid pain - relief therapy — the Sprint Peripheral Nerve Stimulation System.

Anything between you and the baby — even a bra — disturbs the C - afferent nerve stimulation.

This is done through nerve stimulation in the breast tissue which stimulates our pituitary gland to send a message to the brain to produce more.

Now, a device based on vagus nerve stimulation promises to eliminate the sounds for good by retraining the brain.

«Vagus nerve stimulation takes advantage of the brain's neuroplasticity — the ability to reconfigure itself,» says Michael Kilgard at the University of Texas at Dallas, and a consultant to MicroTransponder.

«The present study has clearly demonstrated that an intensive six - week peripheral nerve stimulation program was beneficial in improving nerve excitability parameters toward the normal range,» the researchers wrote.

«Therapies that help to maintain peripheral nerve function, such as the peripheral nerve stimulation paradigm used in the current study, need to be incorporated into the mainstream neuro - rehabilitation program in the early phases of SCI,» the researchers wrote.

Research on pigs published last year showed that vagus nerve stimulation stopped the animals overeating and even made them select healthy food options (Appetite, vol 55, p 245).

A 2011 meta - analysis of 74 clinical trials involving more than 3,300 subjects found that vagus nerve stimulation reduced seizures by more than half in 50 percent of the patients.

StimDust is just 6.5 cubic millimeters in volume and is powered wirelessly by ultrasound, which the device then uses to power nerve stimulation at an efficiency of 82 percent.

The remede ® system uses unilateral transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation to prevent CSA before it occurs.

«Vagus nerve stimulation boosts post-stroke motor skill recovery.»

Vagus nerve stimulation involves sending a mild electric pulse through the vagus nerve, which is in the neck.

Now, a new study suggests that an experimental form of low - intensity nerve stimulation in the brain — approved to treat depression and epilepsy — succeeded in stirring the man into a what physicians describe as a «minimally conscious» state.

Tau KO mice showed an increased systolic blood pressure and cardiac hypertrophy at 13 months, which was accompanied by a significantly lower right atrial rate and a subtle decrease in the maximum contractility to calcium, isoprenaline, and electrical sympathetic nerve stimulation.

Still, it's likely to be several years before nerve stimulation becomes a mainstream treatment for fibromyalgia.

Part of the savings would come from medications, which most patients can stop taking after beginning nerve stimulation, Dr. Greenspan says.

«It was like a light switch,» says Simpson, who now helps Dr. Thimineur counsel and monitor patients receiving nerve stimulation.

NERVANA is the only product on the market that offers Vagus nerve stimulation synchronized with music.

Maya teaches us how to do a vagus nerve stimulation breathing exercise, the many relaxing benefits of it, and when to do it

6 Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) this is another form of neuromodulation which stimulates the posterior tibial nerve at the ankle via a fine acupuncture needle connected to a hand held machine that emits electrical impulses.

«Since free glutamic acid is cheap and since its neurotoxic nerve stimulation enhances so wonderfully the flavor of basically bland and tasteless foods, such as many low - fat and vegetarian foods, manufacturers are eager to go on using it and do not want the public to realize any of the problems.»

When that occurs, continuous nerve stimulation causes the pet's muscles to go into spasm.

But in IBS, the intestines are hyperactive, not from irritation, but from excessive nerve stimulation.

Repetitive nerve stimulation parameters included stimulation frequencies of 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, or 50 Hz.

Formula Mode is based on pre-defined nerve stimulation signal patterns, which can be selected by the user.

In addition to DBS, neurosurgeons at the center perform vagal nerve stimulation and targeted cranial resection for treatment of medically refractory epilepsy.

Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, or TENS, is delivered using a small battery - operated generator connected to a set of electrodes.

His fate changed after a friend of his father's loaned him a machine called a TENS, short for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.

A new study in Journal of Neurophysiology reports that peripheral nerve stimulation therapy can reverse SCI - associated nerve deterioration, potentially improving the benefits of current and emerging rehabilitation treatments.