Patients with chronic pain were treated with TENS in a survey
(Pothmann, 2003, after Eriksson and Sjölund, 1989). Selected
results obtained are presented in the table below:
Cause of pain Total
number
Type of treatment
continued
after 3 months
(conventional
TENS)
Success rate
Neuralgia (pain along the
course of a nerve) 43 22 63%
Dorsalgia (back pain) 7 6 86%
Central pain 18 6 67%