Transcutaneous Magnetic Stimulation (tMS) in Alleviating Post-Traumatic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain States: A Case Series

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1196-1199

  Leung, Albert ^a,b   Fallah, Amir ^b   Shukla, Shivshil ^a  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Nerve entrapment; Neuroma; Neuromodulation; Neuropathic pain; Pain; Transcutaneous magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CAPSAICIN; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MELOXICAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NAPROXEN; PREGABALIN; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL PAIN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROMA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; STEROID THERAPY; TOE INJURY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; MAGNETOTHERAPY; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES;

EID: 84904801725     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12426     Document Type: Article

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