Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for persistent phantom and stump pain following amputation in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mulvey, Matthew R ^a   Bagnall, Anne Marie ^a   Johnson, Mark I ^a   Marchant, Paul ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMP; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; PHANTOM PAIN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 55049093936     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007264     Document Type: Review

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