TRANSCRANIAL ELECTRIC PULSE THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROME

Rationale : chronic pain syndrome in patients with combined mine-explosive injuries, traumatic limb amputations, extensive burns, etc., is currently especially relevant. The presented analysis of modern literature data on electrophysiotherapy of chronic pain in this category of patients. Objective : to study the literature data and conduct a comparative analysis of the currently used methods of transcranial electrophysiotherapy of pain syndrome, which will improve the results of treatment of patients with chronic pain syndrome. Materials and methods: the analysis of articles, reviews, and studies in the modern scientific medical literature on the voiced problem is carried out. The collection of materials was carried out in the electronic libraries of the kirov university, the first sechenov Moscow state medical university, articles from information resources were used: ncbi, pcm; springer; elsevier, embase, web of science and psychinfo, elibrary, etc. Results: a wide variety of transcranial electrophysiotherapy methods used in clinical practice in the treatment of chronic pain syndrome has been revealed in the literature. The methods are systematized based on: the nature of the intervention (invasive, non-invasive), the parameters of the electric current (direct, alternating, continuous or pulsed). Conclusion: methods of noninvasive transcranial electrophysiotherapy may be more effective and preferable for the treatment of chronic pain syndrome compared to other methods for a number of reasons: noninvasiveness, safety, simplicity, pain reduction due to regulation of neuroplasticity, regulation of emotional state.