Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on myofascial pain and trigger point sensitivity

Pain

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 1-5

  Graff Radford, Steven B ^a,b   Reeves, John L ^a,b   Baker, Robert L ^a   Chiu, Daryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myofascial pain; Pressure algometer; TENS; Trigger point sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN; PRESSURE ALGOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0024502016     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(89)90146-2     Document Type: Article

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