Differential frequency effects of strong nonpainful transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on experimentally induced ischemic pain in healthy human participants

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 434-441

  Chen, Chih Chung ^a,b   Johnson, Mark I ^a,b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds Pallium Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analgesia; nontherapeutic human experimentation; pain measurement; pain threshold; Tourniquet pain test; transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS)

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC PAIN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79955867092     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318208c926     Document Type: Article

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