Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Pain and Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review

Medicina

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Mirosława Püsküllüoğlu¹  Aleksandra Grela-Wojewoda¹  Renata Pacholczak-Madej¹  Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski²  Florian Ebner³ 

[1] Department of Clinical Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Krakow Branch, 00-001 Krakow, Poland;

[2] Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Kraków University, 30-705 Kraków, Poland;

[3] Helios Amper-Klinikum Dachau, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 85221 München, Germany;

关键词: cancer;    pain;    chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy;    cancer-related symptoms;    pain management;    patient-reported outcomes;   

DOI  :  10.3390/medicina58020284

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is the usage of a mild electrical current through electrodes that stimulate nerves. Patients with malignancies experience pain and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. A systematic review was performed to find research evaluating the effect of TENS on these two common symptoms decreasing the quality of life in cancer patients. PubMed, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and EMBASE were searched. Original studies, namely randomized controlled trials, quasi-randomized controlled trials and controlled clinical trials, published between April 2007 and May 2020, were considered. The quality of the selected studies was assessed. Seven papers were incorporated in a qualitative synthesis, with 260 patients in total. The studies varied in terms of design, populations, endpoints, quality, treatment duration, procedures and follow-up period. Based on the results, no strict recommendations concerning TENS usage in the cancer patient population could be issued. However, the existing evidence allows us to state that TENS is a safe procedure that may be self-administered by the patients with malignancy in an attempt to relieve different types of pain. There is a need for multi-center, randomized clinical trials with a good methodological design and adequate sample size.

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