The neurophysiological basis of peripheral electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of causalgia

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Somers, David L ^a   Clemente, F Richard ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Causalgia; Hyperalgesia; Pain; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; TENS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006722261     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.1996.1.1.1     Document Type: Article

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