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Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Salivary Flow Rates in Normal Healthy Adults According to Gender and Age Groups

INTRODUCTION: Salivary gland hypofunction might be associated with various local and systemic conditions and is managed with a plethora of therapeutic options with associated side effects. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is one such option with no known systemic side effects for d...

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Autores principales: Ramesh, C, Sawant, Sharad S., Kolte, Deepak R., Kumar, Barun, Kranthi, Kosuru, Patil, Tejal R., Babu, J Suresh, Swarnalatha, C, Nayyar, Abhishek Singh
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071076
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_48_21
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author Ramesh, C
Sawant, Sharad S.
Kolte, Deepak R.
Kumar, Barun
Kranthi, Kosuru
Patil, Tejal R.
Babu, J Suresh
Swarnalatha, C
Nayyar, Abhishek Singh
author_facet Ramesh, C
Sawant, Sharad S.
Kolte, Deepak R.
Kumar, Barun
Kranthi, Kosuru
Patil, Tejal R.
Babu, J Suresh
Swarnalatha, C
Nayyar, Abhishek Singh
author_sort Ramesh, C
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description INTRODUCTION: Salivary gland hypofunction might be associated with various local and systemic conditions and is managed with a plethora of therapeutic options with associated side effects. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is one such option with no known systemic side effects for dealing with this crippling condition. The present study was planned with a similar intent of assessing impact of TENS on salivary flow rates in normal healthy adults according to gender and age groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was designed as a cross-sectional study on 130 healthy adults wherein unstimulated and stimulated saliva was collected for 5 min in graduated test tubes fitted with a funnel while mean salivary flow rates were calculated. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 17.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). RESULTS: In the present study, differences between mean unstimulated and stimulated salivary flow rates with TENS were found to be statistically significant for both genders (P < 0.001). Furthermore, in relation to age groups included, maximum increase in salivary flow rate was seen in 20–29 years of age group, though significant results were seen in all three age groups included namely 20–29 years, 30–39 years, and 40–49 years (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Based on results from the present study, it could be concluded that TENS comes out to be a safer, nonpharmacological therapeutic option for treating patients with xerostomia.
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spelling pubmed-87515112022-01-21 Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Salivary Flow Rates in Normal Healthy Adults According to Gender and Age Groups Ramesh, C Sawant, Sharad S. Kolte, Deepak R. Kumar, Barun Kranthi, Kosuru Patil, Tejal R. Babu, J Suresh Swarnalatha, C Nayyar, Abhishek Singh Asian J Neurosurg Original Article INTRODUCTION: Salivary gland hypofunction might be associated with various local and systemic conditions and is managed with a plethora of therapeutic options with associated side effects. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is one such option with no known systemic side effects for dealing with this crippling condition. The present study was planned with a similar intent of assessing impact of TENS on salivary flow rates in normal healthy adults according to gender and age groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was designed as a cross-sectional study on 130 healthy adults wherein unstimulated and stimulated saliva was collected for 5 min in graduated test tubes fitted with a funnel while mean salivary flow rates were calculated. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 17.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). RESULTS: In the present study, differences between mean unstimulated and stimulated salivary flow rates with TENS were found to be statistically significant for both genders (P < 0.001). Furthermore, in relation to age groups included, maximum increase in salivary flow rate was seen in 20–29 years of age group, though significant results were seen in all three age groups included namely 20–29 years, 30–39 years, and 40–49 years (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Based on results from the present study, it could be concluded that TENS comes out to be a safer, nonpharmacological therapeutic option for treating patients with xerostomia. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8751511/ /pubmed/35071076 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_48_21 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Ramesh, C
Sawant, Sharad S.
Kolte, Deepak R.
Kumar, Barun
Kranthi, Kosuru
Patil, Tejal R.
Babu, J Suresh
Swarnalatha, C
Nayyar, Abhishek Singh
Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Salivary Flow Rates in Normal Healthy Adults According to Gender and Age Groups
title Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Salivary Flow Rates in Normal Healthy Adults According to Gender and Age Groups
title_full Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Salivary Flow Rates in Normal Healthy Adults According to Gender and Age Groups
title_fullStr Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Salivary Flow Rates in Normal Healthy Adults According to Gender and Age Groups
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Salivary Flow Rates in Normal Healthy Adults According to Gender and Age Groups
title_short Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Salivary Flow Rates in Normal Healthy Adults According to Gender and Age Groups
title_sort efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on salivary flow rates in normal healthy adults according to gender and age groups
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071076
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajns.AJNS_48_21
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