The effect of stimulus frequency on the analgesic response to percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in patients with chronic low back pain

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 841-846

  Ghoname, El Sayed A ^a   Craig, William F ^a   White, Paul F ^a   Ahmed, Hesham E ^a   Hamza, Mohamed A ^a   Gajraj, Noor M ^a   Vakharia, Akshay S ^a   Noe, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROANALGESIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP;

EID: 0032954528     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199904000-00030     Document Type: Article

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