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Tens Therapy

TENS Therapy is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique that delivers low-voltage electrical impulses through the skin to stimulate sensory nerves, thereby modulating pain transmission during labor via the gate control theory of pain.

581

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26.1K

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2.1K

Authors

772

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114

Variants

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Therapy

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Publications

581

A Controlled Trial of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain

R. A. Deyo, N. E. Walsh, Donald C. Martin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1990 · 545 citations

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Blockade of Opioid Receptors in Rostral Ventral Medulla Prevents Antihyperalgesia Produced by Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

A. Kalra, M.O. Urban, Kathleen A. Sluka · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 2001 · 339 citations

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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation: Mechanisms, Clinical Application and Evidence

Mark I. Johnson · Reviews in Pain · 2007 · 261 citations

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Is TENS purely a placebo effect? A controlled study on chronic low back pain

Serge Marchand, Jacques Charest, Jinxue Li et al. · Pain · 1993 · 255 citations

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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation reduces pain, fatigue and hyperalgesia while restoring central inhibition in primary fibromyalgia

Dana L. Dailey, Barbara A. Rakel, Carol Vance et al. · Pain · 2013 · 242 citations · Full text

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Authors

2.1K

  1. MI
    Mark I. Johnson

    Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom

    32 publications · 2K citations

    25

    h-index

  2. KA
    Kathleen A. Sluka

    University of Iowa, United States

    24 publications · 2.7K citations

    20

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  3. DW
    Deirdre Walsh

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 1.3K citations

    14

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  4. BA
    Barbara A. Rakel

    University of Iowa, United States

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

    13

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  5. CM
    Clas Mannheimer

    Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

    10 publications · 527 citations

    10

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Institutions

772

  1. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    21 h-index

    96 publications

    11.4K citations

  2. Leeds Beckett University

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    57 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    53 publications

    4.7K citations

  4. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    14 h-index

    39 publications

    2.3K citations

  5. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    778 citations

  6. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    8 h-index

    26 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Université de Sherbrooke

    Sherbrooke, Canada

    8 h-index

    29 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. Pain

    40 publications · 3.7K citations

    35

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 51 publications · 1.8K citations

    25

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  3. Physical Therapy

    25 publications · 1.1K citations

    19

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  4. Clinical Journal of Pain

    22 publications · 895 citations

    18

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  5. Journal of Pain

    12 publications · 877 citations

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