TY - JOUR A2 - Tan, Eng King AU - Rintala, Diana H. AU - Tan, Gabriel AU - Willson, Pamela AU - Bryant, Mon S. AU - Lai, Eugene C. H. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/05/05 TI - Feasibility of Using Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation for Pain in Persons with Parkinson's Disease SP - 569154 VL - 2010 AB - Objectives.To assess the feasibility of treating musculoskeletal pain in the lower back and/or lower extremities in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) with cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES). Design.Randomized, controlled, double-blind trial. Setting.Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Community. Participants. Nineteen persons with PD and pain in the lower back and/or lower extremities. Thirteen provided daily pain rating data. Intervention.十三岁的参与者提供日常pain data, 6 were randomly provided with active CES devices and 7 with sham devices to use at home 40 minutes per day for six weeks. They recorded their pain ratings on a 0-to-10 scale immediately before and after each session. Main Outcome Measure.Average daily change in pain intensity. Results.Persons receiving active CES had, on average, a 1.14-point decrease in pain compared with a 0.23-point decrease for those receiving sham CES (Wilcoxon Z = − 2.20 , P = .028 ). Conclusion.Use of CES at home by persons with PD is feasible and may be somewhat helpful in decreasing pain. A larger study is needed to determine the characteristics of persons who may experience meaningful pain reduction with CES. Guidelines for future studies are provided. SN - 2090-8083 UR - https://doi.org/10.4061/2010/569154 DO - 10.4061/2010/569154 JF - Parkinson’s Disease PB - SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research KW - ER -