Ko te Whakaoho i te Io Hiko Whakawhiti-kiri (TENS) e mahi ana i runga i ngā mātāpono o te whakatikatika mamae mā roto i ngā tikanga taha me te pokapū. Mā te tuku i ngā nekehanga hiko iti-ngaohiko mā roto i ngā irahiko kua whakatakotoria ki te kiri, ka whakahohehia e TENS ngā muka A-beta myelinated nui, e aukati ana i te tuku i ngā tohu nociceptive mā roto i te haona tuarā o te taurakira, he āhuatanga i whakaahuahia e te ariā whakahaere kuaha.
Hei tāpiri atu, ka taea e TENS te whakaoho i te tukunga o ngā opioid taketake, pērā i ngā endorphins me ngā enkephalins, e whakaiti ana i te māramatanga mamae mā te herea ki ngā kaiwhakawhiwhi opioid i roto i te pūnaha io pokapū me te pūnaha io taha. Ka puta wawe ngā pānga whakamamae mamae i roto i te 10 ki te 30 meneti i muri i te tīmatanga o te whakaoho.
I roto i ngā whakamātautau haumanu, kua whakaatuhia e te tatauranga ka taea e TENS te whakaheke i ngā kaute VAS, i waenga i te 4 me te 6 ngā tohu, ahakoa ko ngā rerekētanga ka whakawhirinaki ki ngā paepae mamae takitahi, te āhua mamae motuhake e rongoatia ana, te whakatakotoranga hiko, me ngā tawhā o te whakaohooho (hei tauira, te auau me te kaha). E kī ana ētahi rangahau he pai ake te whai hua o ngā auau teitei ake (hei tauira, 80-100 Hz) mō te whakahaere mamae ohorere, engari ko ngā auau iti iho (hei tauira, 1-10 Hz) ka roa ake te pānga.
I te nuinga, ko te TENS he rongoā tāpiri kore-whakaekenga mō te whakahaere mamae whakapeka, e tuku ana i te ōwehenga painga-ki-te mōrearea pai me te whakaiti i te whakawhirinaki ki ngā wawaotanga rongoā.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 29-2025
