Capacitively coupled electric field for pain relief in patients with vertebral fractures and chronic pain

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 468, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 735-740

  Rossini, Maurizio ^a   Viapiana, Ombretta ^a   Gatti, Davide ^a   De Terlizzi, Francesca ^b   Adami, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b IGEA Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77449139537     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-1088-z     Document Type: Article

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