Validation of a sham for percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS)

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-61

  Peters, Kenneth ^a   Carrico, Donna ^a,b   Burks, Frank ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Overactive bladder; Placebos; Sham; Tibial nerve

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; FOOT; INNERVATION; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; URINATION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449087529     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20585     Document Type: Article

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