Pulsed radiofrequency in peripheral posttraumatic neuropathic pain: A double blind sham controlled randomized clinical trial

Scandinavian Journal of Pain

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 127-131

  Akural, Ethem ^a,b   Järvimäki, Voitto ^a   Korhonen, Raija ^a   Kautiainen, Hannu ^c,d   Haanpää, Maija ^b,e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company   (Finland)

Author keywords

Neuropathic pain; Posttraumatic neuropathic pain; Pulsed radiofrequency; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL POSTTRAUMATIC NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHORT FORM 36; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84863463746     PISSN: 18778860     EISSN: 18778879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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