Successful management of chronic postsurgical pain following total knee replacement

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1781-1785

  Vas, Lakshmi ^a   Khandagale, Nishigandha ^a   Pai, Renuka ^a  

^a Interventional Pain Management   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic postsurgical pain; Dry needling; Myofascial triggers; Neuromyopathy; Neuropathic pain; Pulsed radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISOLONE; PREGABALIN;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEEDS ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPATHIC SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS SCORE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXFORD KNEE SCORE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RATING SCALE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY GUIDED PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY; ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT;

EID: 84911981592     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12508     Document Type: Article

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