Electrical Stimulation in Sexual Dysfunction
Type Mechanisms Examples Direct Change in sexual desire from disease Typically reduced, e.g., from high prolactin and anemia of chronic renal failure [1]. May be increased, e.g., from some brain…
Acupuncture for Pelvic Floor Disorders
Type of incontinence Never Rarely Sometimes Usually Always Solid stools 0 1 2 3 4 Liquid stools 0 1 2 3 4 Gas 0 1 2 3 4 Wears pad…
Sacral Nerve Modulation for Urinary Disorders: Overactive Bladder
Stimulation group (%) No treatment group (%) References Cured Improved Cured Improved Weil [28] 9/16 (56) Not reported (29) 1/22 (5) 0/22 (0) Schmidt [26] 16/34 (47) 10/34 (29)…
Sacral Nerve Modulation for Constipation
Authors Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Kenefick et al. [20] Failed conventional therapy, bowel frequency 2 or less per week, straining > 25 % of time, minimum duration 1 year Previous abdominal surgery,…
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Fig. 8.1 Mechanisms claimed for TENS effectiveness TENS-induced activity in Aδ and C afferents has also been shown to produce extra-segmental analgesia through the activation of structures which form the…
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) in Micturition Disorders
Fig. 7.1 On the top some devices (vaginal and anal plugs) adopted for FES/EStim. Lower the electrode catheter used for intravesical electrical stimulation Current intensity depends on the patient’s tolerance…
Basic Concepts in Electricity and Electrotherapy
Ohm’s law simply states that the current induced in a conductor increases as the applied driving force (V) is increased or as the opposition to charge movement (R) is decreased….
Electrical Stimulation, Biofeedback, and Other Rehabilitative Techniques
14. Kienle P, Weitz J, Koch M, Brenner A, Herfath C, Schmidt J (2003) Biofeedback versus electrostimulation in treatment of anal sphincter insufficiency. Dig Dis Sci 48:1607–1613PubMedCrossRef 15. Hosker G,…
Effects of Exercise on the Urinary Proteome
Fig. 12.1 Urinary proteome before and after exercise in 3,500 m altitude. a Prior to exercise, b first sample immediately post-exercise, c second sample after exercise (2.5 h post-exercise), and d third sample…
Urimem Facilitates Kidney Disease Biomarker Research
Fig. 3.1 Comparing the urinary proteins after removing cells in urine by centrifugation or filtration, respectively [1] Testing the loading capacity of the PVDF membrane As shown in Fig. 3.2, after protein…
