Fifteen years of transcutaneous electrical stimulation for pain control

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1-4, 1991, Pages 2-19

  Long, Don M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Blockade; Cardiac; Electrical stimulation; Low back; Pain; Placebo; Therapy; Transcutaneous

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0025876020     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099388     Document Type: Article

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