Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: Effect on peripheral nerve conduction, mechanical pain threshold, and tactile threshold in humans

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1051-1058

  Walsh, Deirdre M ^a   Lowe, Andrea S ^a   McCormack, Kenneth ^a   Willer, Jean Claude ^b   Baxter, G David ^a   Allen, Jim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0031706062     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90170-8     Document Type: Article

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