Comparison of the analgesic efficacy of interferential therapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Physiotherapy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-253

  Shanahan, Christine ^a   Ward, Alex R ^a   Robertson, Val J ^b,c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold pain; Electroanalgesia; Experimental pain; Hypoalgesia; Pain measures; Transcutaneous nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33847231307     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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