P-Stim™ auricular electroacupuncture stimulation device for pain relief

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-32

  Sator Katzenschalger, Sabine M ^a   Michalek Sauberger, Andrea ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Auricular acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Neurobiology; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LORNOXICAM; MEFENAMIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; REMIFENTANIL; TRAMADOL;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OOCYTE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; EAR; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; PAIN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 33846515744     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.1.23     Document Type: Article

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