The effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on experimental pain and sympathetic nervous system response

Pain Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-161

  Reeves II, John L ^a,b,d   Radford Graff, Steven B ^a,b   Shipman, Diana ^c  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ABPP ^*

^d ABPP   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric shock pain; Experimental pain; SNS; Sympathetic nervous system; TENS; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE WAVE; RATING SCALE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 3543151391     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2004.04027.x     Document Type: Article

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