Table 4 Major nonpharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain
From: Translational investigation and treatment of neuropathic pain
Classification | Name |
|---|---|
Psychocorporal treatment | Cognitive and behavioral techniques |
| Â | Operant behavioral therapy |
| Â | Self-hypnosis training |
Physical treatment | Massages |
| Â | Joint mobilization |
| Â | Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
| Â | Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation |
| Â | Acupuncture |
Neurosurgical techniques | Â |
   Ablation | Nerve avulsion or section |
| Â | Dorsal rhizotomy |
| Â | Spinal dorsal root entry zone lesions |
| Â | Spinothalamic tractotomies |
| Â | Thalamotomies |
| Â | Cingulotomy |
| Â | Frontal lobotomy |
| Â | Destruction of the primary sensory cortex |
Neuromodulation | Periperal nerve stimulation |
| Â | Spinal cord stimulation |
| Â | Deep brain stimulation |
| Â | Motor cortex stimulation |