Stimulation-produced analgesia: TENS, acupuncture and alternative techniques

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-30

  Boensch, Sabine ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; acute and chronic pain; alternative and complementary therapies; non pharmacological analgesia; TENS; transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FACE PAIN; HEAT; LABOR PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 78650460767     PISSN: 14720299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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