Effect of varying frequency, intensity, and pulse duration of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on primary hyperalgesia in inflamed rats

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 984-990

  Gopalkrishnan, Priya ^a   Sluka, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Arthritis; Hyperalgesia; Inflammation; Pain; Rehabilitation; Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RAT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034234220     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.5576     Document Type: Article

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