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| Title |
Outcome of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in chronic pain: short-term results of a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The Journal of Headache and Pain, August 2006
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10194-006-0309-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
J. Oosterhof, T. M. De Boo, R. A. B. Oostendorp, O. H. G. Wilder-Smith, B. J. P. Crul |
| Abstract |
The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of shortterm transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) treatment in chronic pain with respect to pain intensity and patients' satisfaction with treatment results. We therefore performed a randomised controlled trial comparing TENS and sham TENS. Patients, researchers and therapists were blinded for treatment allocation. One hundred and sixty-three patients with chronic pain referred to the Pain Centre entered the study. Conventional TENS and sham TENS were applied in the segments of pain, for a period of ten days. Outcome measures were pain intensity (visual analogue scale) and patients' satisfaction with treatment result (yes or no). The proportions of patients satisfied with treatment result differed significantly for TENS compared to sham TENS (58 and 42.7% respectively, chi(2)=3.8, p=0.05). However, no differences in pain intensity were found for patients treated with TENS or sham TENS. Only for patients satisfied with treatment results pain intensity gradually decrease equally both for TENS and sham TENS with repeated treatment application. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 83 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 18% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 18% |
| Unknown | 14 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 39% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 19% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 6% |
| Psychology | 4 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Unknown | 17 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 January 2024.
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#4,983,982
of 23,849,058 outputs
Outputs from The Journal of Headache and Pain
#525
of 1,417 outputs
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#12,477
of 67,536 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Journal of Headache and Pain
#1
of 4 outputs
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