Effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and interferential current in primary dysmenorrhea

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-300

  Tugay, Nazan ^a   Akbayrak, Türkan ^b   Demirtürk, Funda ^c   Karakaya, Ilkim Çitak ^a   Kocaacar, Özge ^b   Tugay, Umut ^a   Karakaya, Mehmet Gürhan ^a   Demirtürk, Fazli ^c  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Interferential current; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMENORRHEA; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DYSMENORRHEA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER EXTREMITY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447292587     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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