ЭЛЕКТРИЧЕСКАЯ ЧРЕСКОЖНАЯ СТИМУЛЯЦИЯ ТОЧЕК АКУПУНКТУРЫ ПРИ ЛЕЧЕНИИ СУБЪЕКТИВНОГО ШУМА В УШАХ (ТИННИТУСА)

L.G. Agasarov; M.Yu. Gotovsky; T.V. Konchugova

doi:10.54296/18186173_2026_1_4

Authors

L.G. Agasarov National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
M.Yu. Gotovsky Center of intellectual medical systems «IMEDIS» (Moscow, Russia)
T.V. Konchugova National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54296/18186173_2026_1_4

Keywords:

ear diseases, ear noise, subjective ear noise, tinnitus, acupuncture, acupuncture points, electropuncture, electroacupuncture, percutaneous electrical stimulation of acupuncture points

Abstract

Aim. To analyze and summarize publications concerning the use of electrical percutaneous stimulation of acupuncture points in the treatment of subjective tinnitus, to evaluate the effectiveness, safety and characteristics of therapeutic effects.
Methods. A review of publications in Russian and foreign electronic libraries for the period from 2000 to 2024, with a selection of original articles and research results published in peer-reviewed journals on the results of the use of noninvasive (percutaneous) electrical stimulation of acupuncture points in the treatment of subjective tinnitus in randomized trials with control groups.
Results. The studies included in the review indicate statistically significant improvements in quality of life and the results of acoustic testing as a result of the use of electrical noninvasive percutaneous stimulation of acupuncture points in the treatment of subjective tinnitus.
Conclusion. Noninvasive (percutaneous) electrical stimulation of acupuncture points can be an effective and safe method of treating subjective tinnitus.

Author Biographies

L.G. Agasarov, National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

д.м.н., профессор, профессор кафедры восстановительной медицины, реабилитации и курортологии ФГАОУ ВО «Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. Сеченова» Минздрава России, главный научный сотрудник отдела физиотерапии и рефлексотерапии ФГБУ «НМИЦ РК» Минздрава России

M.Yu. Gotovsky, Center of intellectual medical systems «IMEDIS» (Moscow, Russia)

к.т.н.

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