Pain Management Table 14 TENS in Post-SCI Pain

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Author Year
Country
Score
Research Design
Total Sample Size

Methods

Outcome

Davis & Lentini 1975
USA
D&B=4
Case series
N=31

Population: Type of pain=neuropathic
Treatment: Patients were tested with transcutaneous nerve stimulation.
Outcome Measures: Subjective patient report.
  1. Those with a cervical injury (n=4) were not successfully treated with TENS. About 1/3 (n=11) felt that the treatment was a success, with those experiencing at-injury site pain most effectively treated.