Predictive Factors Associated with Success and Failure for Calmare (Scrambler) Therapy: A Multicenter Analysis

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 750-756

  Moon, Jee Youn ^a   Kurihara, Connie ^b   Beckles, Judith P ^b   Williams, Karen E ^e   Jamison, David E ^b   Cohen, Steven P ^c,d  

^a Seoul National University Cancer Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Department of Anesthesiology Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune   (United States)

Author keywords

Calmare therapy; chronic pain; outcome assessment; predictive value; Scrambler therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE; STABILIZING AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CALMARE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937818530     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000155     Document Type: Article

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