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  • Title: [Treatment of patients with facial hemispasm by transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation].
    Author: Grechko VE, Gruzman GB, Kholodova NB.
    Journal: Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova; 1988; 88(4):54-7. PubMed ID: 3261921.
    Abstract:
    Fifty-two patients (aged 15 to 78 years) suffering from facial hemispasm were treated by transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS). For this purpose electric-impulse apparatuses generating bipolar nonsymmetrical impulses were employed. The employment of TENS eliminated hyperkinesis for a period of several minutes to several hours. Interparoxysmal intervals lengthened and hyperkinesis became less pronounced. After a TENS session EMG showed no spontaneous activity in the form of "volleys of oscillations". A possible mechanism of TENS therapeutic effect in facial hemispasm is discussed.
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