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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to relieve pain

Abstract

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a self-administered treatment for acute or chronic pain. It has been used to relieve pain during labour, postoperatively, from limb amputation and malignant disease, and for chronic skeletal pain and post-herpetic neuralgia. How useful is it?

https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.27.7.25

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