Is TENS purely a placebo effect? A controlled study on chronic low back pain

Pain

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 99-106

  Marchand, Serge ^a   Charest, Jacques ^a   Li, Jinxue ^a   Chenard, Jean René ^a   Lavignolle, Benoit ^b   Laurencelle, Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Low back pain; Placebo; Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTIVATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0027324827     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(93)90104-W     Document Type: Article

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