The immediate effects of heat and TENS on pressure pain threshold and pain intensity in patients with Stage I shoulder impingement syndrome

Pain Clinic

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-85

  Başkurt, Zeliha ^a   Başkurt, Ferdi ^a   Özcan, Ayşe ^a   Yilmaz, Özlem ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hot pack; Impingement syndrome; Pressure pain threshold; TENS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33644510775     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856906775249839     Document Type: Article

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