A comparison of high- versus low-intensity, high-frequency transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation for painful postpartum uterine contractions

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 310-314

  Olsén, Monika Fagevik ^a,b   Elden, Helen ^c   Janson, Eva Dahmén ^a   Lilja, Håkan ^c   Stener Victorin, Elisabet ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Clinical Neuroscience   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lower abdominal pain; Postpartum; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM PAIN; POSTPARTUM UTERINE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33846997938     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340601040928     Document Type: Article

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