Iontophoresis with cortisone in the treatment of lateral epicondylalgia (tennis elbow)--a double-blind study.

Lateral epicondylalgia (tennis elbow) is a common dysfunction of the arm. Because there is no agreement concerning the pathophysiology, several modes of treatments have been tried and one of the most common is local steroid injection. Iontophoresis using corticosteroids is a fairly new method recommended in the treatment of lateral epicondylalgia and has become popular owing to impression of superiority compared to local injections-noninvasive, painless and nontraumatic.

Acupuncture and transcutaneous nerve stimulation in stroke rehabilitation: a randomized, controlled trial.

Background And Purpose: In small trials with control groups that receive no intervention, acupuncture has been reported to improve functional outcome after stroke. We studied effects of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on functional outcome and quality of life after stroke versus a control group that received subliminal electrostimulation.

Methods: In a multicenter randomized controlled trial involving 7 university and district hospitals in Sweden, 150 patients with moderate or severe functional impairment were included.

Effect of sensory stimulation (acupuncture) on sympathetic and parasympathetic activities in healthy subjects.

Unlabelled: It has been postulated that sensory stimulation (acupuncture) affects the cardiovascular system via the autonomic nervous system. Previously, skin temperature, thermography, plethysmography and blood pressure changes have been used in evaluation of sympathetic nerve activity following acupuncture. By using power spectral analysis, the low frequency and high frequency components of heart rate variability can be calculated reflecting the sympathetic and parasympathetic activity.

An experimental model of tennis elbow in rats: a study of the contribution of the nervous system.

The contribution of the sensory and autonomic nervous system to experimentally induced tennis elbow or lateral epicondylalgia was investigated by analyses of the release of neuropeptides from sensory (substance P, SP, neurokinin A, NKA, calcitonin gene-related peptide, CGRP) and sympathetic (neuropeptide Y, NPY) nerves. SP, CGRP, NKA, NPY-like immunoreactivity (-LI) was studied in rats cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), plasma and perfusates (PF) from the enthesis of the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) of the right elbow at 2, 6 and 24 h following 0.01 ml injection of either complete Freund adjuvans (FA) or 2% Carrageenan (CAR).