Cranial electrical stimulation improves symptoms and functional status in individuals with fibromyalgia

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 327-335

  Taylor, Ann Gill ^a   Anderson, Joel G ^a   Riedel, Shannon L ^a   Lewis, Janet E ^b   Kinser, Patricia A ^a   Bourguignon, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889091186     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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