https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2025.13305

Local electrical stimulation: introduction to the problem

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Acupressure stimulation, electropuncture, electroacupuncture, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
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Lev G. Agasarov
Department of Physiotherapy, Reflexology, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow; Department of Restorative Medicine, Rehabilitation and Balneology I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Maxim Yu. Yakovlev
Department of Studying the Mechanisms of Action of Physical Factors, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow; Department of General Hygiene, I M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Tatyana V. Konchugova
Department of Physiotherapy, Reflexology, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Larisa A. Marchenkova
Department of Somatic Rehabilitation, Reproductive Health and Active Longevity, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Victor A. Drobyshev
Department of Hospital Therapy and Medical Rehabilitation, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
Tatyana V. Apkhanova
Department of Physiotherapy, Reflexology, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Tatyana E. Belousova
Director of Systemic Treatment Clinic, N.Novgorod, Russian Federation.
Tatyana V. Marfina
Department of Physiotherapy, Reflexology, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Nadezhda V. Gushchina
Department of Physiotherapy, Reflexology, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitat, Russian Federation.
Valeria A. Vasileva
Department of Somatic Rehabilitation, Reproductive Health and Active Longevity, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Anastasia A. Mukhina
Department of Physiotherapy, Reflexology, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Irina A. Grishechkina
Department of Studying the Mechanisms of Action of Physical Factors, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Tatyana K. Chernyavskaya
Department of Fundamental and Applied Medicine, Moscow Regional Research Сlinical Institute M.F. Vladimirsky, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Elena P. Ivanova
elenapivanova7@gmail.com
Department of Fundamental and Applied Medicine, Moscow Regional Research Сlinical Institute M.F. Vladimirsky, Moscow, Russian Federation.

The term "local electrical stimulation" means the delivery, for therapeutic purposes, of electric current signals in the areola of the projections of acupuncture points. Among the varieties of this effect are electro- and electroacupuncture, as well as transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation. In the case of electropuncture, minimal skin areas are irritated, outside of the damage, by placing the sensors according to the projections of the points. In the electroacupuncture, current signals are sent to steel needles immersed in tissues, ensuring the activation of not only skin afferents, but also deeper afferents. Percutaneous stimulation consists of irritating large areas of the skin with the help of portable devices. The paper reveals the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effect of these methods, and puts forward an assumption about the prevailing biological significance of low-intensity stimuli. In addition, specific examples of use of local electrical stimulation in a number of pathological conditions are also presented.

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Agasarov, L. G., Yakovlev, M. Y., Konchugova, T. V., Marchenkova, L. A., Drobyshev, V. A., Apkhanova, T. V., Belousova, T. E., Marfina, T. V., Gushchina, N. V., Vasileva, V. A., Mukhina, A. A., Grishechkina, I. A., Chernyavskaya, T. K., & Ivanova, E. P. (2025). Local electrical stimulation: introduction to the problem. European Journal of Translational Myology. https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2025.13305
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