Transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation in children and adolescents with functional constipation: A protocol for an interventional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A vast majority of children with functional constipation respond to the standard medical treatment. However, a subset of patients may present with an unsatisfactory response and only minor improvement of symptoms. Transcutaneous posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) involves electrical stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve at the level of the ankle, transcutaneously through electrodes fixated on the overlying skin. Stimulation of the tibial nerve can modulate urinary and defecatory function through the stimulation of sacral nerves. Thus, transcutaneous PTNS can be considered a very promising, noninvasive, and safe method to be used in the pediatric age group. However, there is still no published study that has investigated its use in children for the treatment

SUBMITTER: Rego RMP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6855522 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature