Effect of pulsed magnetic field therapy on pain reported by human volunteers in a laboratory model of acute pain

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-269

  Fernandez, M I ^a   Watson, P J ^b   Rowbotham, D J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesic techniques pulsed electromagnetic field therapy; Pain acute; Pain experimental

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MYALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 34547877592     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem129     Document Type: Article

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