Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Pain in Physiotherapy Practices in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom-A Survey of Usage and Perceived Effectiveness Compared With Other Pain Relieving Modalities

Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-20

  Scudds, Rhonda J ^a   Scudds, Roger A ^b   Baxter, G David ^c   McDonough, Suzanne M ^d   Walsh, Deirdre M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electrophysical modalities; pain; perceived effectiveness; survey; transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARBON RUBBER ELECTRODE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952194832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10137025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1013-7025(10)70004-X     Document Type: Article

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