Scrambler therapy for patients with cancer pain

Korean Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-71

  Park, Hong Sik ^a   Sin, Woo Kyung ^a   Kim, Hye Young ^a   Moon, Jee Youn ^a   Park, Soo Young ^a   Kim, Yong Chul ^a   Lee, Sang Chul ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Electric stimulation methods; Intractable; Pain; Scrambler therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; GEMCITABINE; NAVELBINE; OXYCODONE; PACLITAXEL; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; SCRAMBLER THERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS SARCOMA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 84873538979     PISSN: 20059159     EISSN: 20930569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2013.26.1.65     Document Type: Article

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