Decreasing pain in electrical nerve stimulation

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 972-978

  Verhoeven, Kristof ^a,b   van Dijk, J Gert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AZ Sint Jan Brugge AV ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Current; Electrical stimulation; Nerve conduction; Pain; Size; Stimulation electrode

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REACTION TIME; SKIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646471717     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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