Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for phantom pain and stump pain following amputation in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Johnson, Mark I ^a   Mulvey, Matthew R ^b   Bagnall, Anne Marie ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STUMP PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; AMPUTATION STUMP; PHANTOM LIMB;

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMPS; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHANTOM LIMB; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84981492608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007264.pub3     Document Type: Review

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