Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation over acupoints for patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

摘要

Background:At present, drug therapy for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) has made great progress; however, it does not often produce a satisfying curative effect. Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation over acupoints (Acu-TENS) might be more effective in improving patient's symptoms and producing fewer side-effects as a result.Although with a great progress of the drug therapy for IBS-D, it is often hard to achieve its satisfactory curative effect. Acu-TENS that may be effective to improve patients’ symptoms and fewer side-effects will be sought. There is no systematic review concerning the efficacy of Acu-TENS for IBS-D published. Therefore, this review aims to systematically evaluate the efficacy of Acu-TENS on IBS-D.