Pain: Continued uncertainty of TENS' effectiveness for pain relief

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 314-316

  Johnson, Mark I ^a   Walsh, Deirdre M ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSORY NERVE; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HUMANS; PAIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953178873     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2010.77     Document Type: Short Survey

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