RESEARCH
STIMPOD
Berger P, Landau S. Can an electrical pulsed radio frequency device relieve pain and improve function in patients with pedal diabetic neuropathy? A single blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. PainSA Jan 2020:26-37.
Berger P. A review of physical modalities and the potential to expand the treatment of patients with traumatic brain Injury
Acupuncture in Medicine 2019, Vol37(6):365-369.
Berger P. A rehabilitation approach to a patient with traumatic brain injury. Acupuncture in Medicine 2019, Vol37(6):370-371
Berger P. Electrical current and acupuncture treatment for a paediatric patient with a recurring long thoracic nerve paralysis Acupuncture and Relat Ther (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arthe.2013.11.002
Berger P∗, Jacks J. Acupuncture and Related Therapies 2 (2014) 71-77
Report on a case series investigating a neurostimulation device for the treatment
of pain and improvement of mobility and function following elbow surgery
TRANSCUTAENOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS)
Berger P. 2008 A South African perspective of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).
The Journal of Pain South Africa, the South African Chapter of the International Association for the Study of
Pain 2008;Vol 3, No3:21-22.
Berger P. Complete TENS responders: Pilot Study of CRPS patients 1999 Pain Reviews
Dailey DL, Rakel BA, Vance CG, Liebano RE, Amrit AS, Bush HM, Lee KS, Lee JE, Sluka KA.. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulation Reduces Pain, Fatigue and Hyperalgesia While Restoring Central Inhibition in Primary Fibromyalgia
Pain. 2013 Nov;154(11):2554-62. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.07.043. Epub 2013 Jul 27
Resende L, Merriwether E, Rampazo ÉP, Dailey D, Embree J, Deberg J, Liebano RE, Sluka KA. Meta-analysis of Transcutaneous
Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Relief of Spinal Pain Eur J Pain. 2018 Apr;22(4):663-678. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1168. Epub 2017 Dec 27.
Matthew L, WinfreebC, Miller-Saultzer, SontyaN.TENS trial may be used as a screening tool prior to SCS
implantation PAIN 2010;Vol 150, Issue 2:327-331.
Jan Oosterhof, Han J.A. Samwel, Theo M. de Boo, Oliver H.G. Wilder-Smith, Rob A.B. Oostendorp, Ben J.P Crul
Predicting outcome of TENS in chronic pain: A prospective, randomised, placebo controlledtrial
Pain 2007;Vol135,Issue 1:11-20
Ainsworth L, BudelierK, Clinesmith M et al TENS reduces chronic hyperalgesia induced by muscle
inflammation. Pain 2006;120:182-7.
APS THERAPY
Berger P, Matzner L. 1999 A study of 99 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee to investigate the effectiveness of low frequency currents on mobility and pain: action potential simulation therapy current compared with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and placebo. South African Journal of Anaesthesiology and Analgesia 1999;Vol 5, No 2: 26-39.
CL Odendaal, Joubert G. A new way of treating chronic backache – a pilot study SA Journal of Anesthesiology and Analgesia 1999; Vol 5, No 1: 26-29. (with discovery of increases in melatonin and leu-enkephalin, maintenance of serotonin, reduction of plasma levels of beta endorphins)
Research has been done in Pretoria, Orange Free State Universities 1999; other studies in United Kingdom, Poland, New Zealand and Canada
Complex regional Pain Syndromes
Berger P. 1997 The contribution to pain management in complex regional pain syndromes by the physiotherapist: a physiotherapy algorithm and treatment. South African Journal of Anaesthesiology and Analgesia 1997;Vol 3, No 4:14-18.
Berger P. 1999 The role of the physiotherapist in the treatment of complex peripheral pain syndromes. Pain Reviews UK 1999;Vol 6, No 3: 211-232
Berger P. 1999 Complex regional pain syndromes and the physiotherapist. South African Journal of Anaesthesiology and Analgesia1999; Vol 5,No 4:9-13.
Berger P. 2003 Complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS Type 1): validating case histories. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 2003;Vol 59, No 1:4-9.
Berger P. 2004 Can complex regional pain syndrome Type 1 be circumvented? South African Journal of Anaesthesiology and Analgesia 2004;Vol 10, No 5:20-26.