Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens or tns is the use of electric current produced by a device to stimulate the nerves for therapeutic purposes tens by definition covers the complete range of transcutaneously applied currents used for nerve excitation although the term is often used with a more restrictive intent namely to describe the kind of pulses produced by portable.
Cefaly transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device.
This is called transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens.
It works by applying an electric current to the skin stimulating branches of the trigeminal nerve associated with migraine attacks.
In early march 2014 the fda approved for use a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation device for the prevention of migraine known as cefaly.
Cefaly transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens device provided relief to 81 of migraine sufferers who used it according to results of a clinical study published in the journal of.
Cefaly is the first transcutaneous passing through the skin electrical nerve stimulation tens device granted marketing by the fda for use before the onset of a migraine as a preventive.