CATEGORY PAIN RELIEF II
PROGRAM FRACTURE PAIN
WHEN?
In addition to other analgesic treatments during the first few days after a simple
immobilisation or osteosynthetic surgery on a fracture. Extended use for rib fractures
where strict immobilisation is not possible, resulting in severe pain over several weeks.
WHY?
For the relief of pain.
HOW?
Using the Gate control principle. This involves causing high levels of sensitivity impulses
in order to limit the input of pain impulses when they return to the posterior horn of
the spinal cord.
PULSE WIDTH
The pulse width for the programme is 170 s.
ELECTRODES
Depending on the means of restraint and/or the size of the dressing used, access to
the painful area may be awkward. It is important to surround the painful area as much
as possible. Another possible strategy is to directly stimulate the large nerve trunks
superior to the point of pain.
INTENSITY
The intensity must be increased gradually until the patient feels a tingling sensation
that is pronounced without being painful. If the nerve trunks are stimulated, the
stimulation should cause the tingling to radiate into the painful area.
+TENS
OPTION
No.
FRACTURE PAIN
FREQUENCY PULSE WIDTH MODULATION TIME TREATMENT TIME
70 Hz 170 s 2 s 30 min
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