Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and acupuncture for acute pain

Clinical Pain Management Second Edition: Acute Pain, 2nd Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 271-290

  Johnson, Mark I ^a   Oxberry, Stephen G ^b   Simpson, Karen H ^c  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Yorkshire Deanery   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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