High-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation alters thermal but not mechanical allodynia following chronic constriction injury of the rat sciatic nerve

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1370-1376

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

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTRODE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0031727608     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90230-1     Document Type: Article

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