Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the control of pain during rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty: A randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2599-2611

  Rakel, Barbara A ^a   Zimmerman, M Bridget ^b   Geasland, Katharine ^a   Embree, Jennie ^a   Clark, Charles R ^c   Noiseux, Nicolas O ^c   Callaghan, John J ^c   Herr, Keela ^a   Walsh, Deirdre ^d   Sluka, Kathleen A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Postoperative pain; Total knee arthroplasty; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; PLACEBO; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAKTHROUGH PAIN; CATASTROPHIZING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRODE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WALKING SPEED; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYCODONE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84922698237     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.09.025     Document Type: Article

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