Long-term TENS treatment improves tactile sensitivity in MS patients

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 420-427

  Cuypers, Koen ^a,b   Levin, Oron ^b   Thijs, Herbert ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^c   Meesen, Raf L J ^a,b,c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b PHL University College   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis (MS); Semmesg Weinstein monofilaments; Sensitivity; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Indexed keywords

ACECLOFENAC; BETA1A INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON BETA SERINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOUCH; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953200612     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968309356301     Document Type: Article

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