Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the effects of low-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on central pain modulation: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 581-588

  Kocyigit, Figen ^a   Akalin, Elif ^a   Gezer, Naciye Sinem ^a   Orbay, Ozge ^a   Kocyigit, Ali ^b   Ada, Emel ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

functional magnetic resonance imaging; pain; transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; THALAMUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84864695255     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31823c2bd7     Document Type: Article

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