Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the management of neurophatic pain: The effects of frequency and electrode position on prevention of allodynia in a rat model of complex regional pain syndrome type II

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 698-709

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

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causalgia; Electroacupuncture; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE II; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646458678     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/86.5.698     Document Type: Article

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