Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Cancer Bone Pain

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-428

  Searle, Robert D ^a   Bennett, Michael I ^b   Johnson, Mark I ^c   Callin, Sarah ^d   Radford, Helen ^d  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d St Gemma's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bone; cancer; metastatic; pain; TENS; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BONE PAIN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 61349095979     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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