Stimulation-produced analgesia: acupuncture, TENS and related techniques

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-32

  Kotzé, Alwyn ^a   Simpson, Karen H ^a  

^a FRCA ^*

Author keywords

acupuncture; analgesia; electrical stimulation therapy; opioid peptides; pain

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; DYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN LEVEL; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GATE CONTROL THEORY; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 37449015514     PISSN: 14720299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.10.008     Document Type: Review

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