Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on Pain among Patients with Cancer
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
TENS is a method of electrical stimulation which primarily aims to provide a degree of symptomatic pain relief by exciting sensory nerves and thereby stimulating either the pain gate mechanism and/or the opioid system. The different methods of applying TENS relate to these different physiological mechanisms. The effectiveness of TENS varies with the clinical pain being treated, but research wou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advanced Practices in Nursing
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2573-0347
DOI: 10.4172/2573-0347.1000132