Mark I Johnson

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

Research to Support Clinical Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) book provides guidance on how best to use TENS based on an evaluation of current research evidence, including how it works, and safe and appropriate clinical techniques for many conditions including chronic low back pain, osteoarthritis and cancer pain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780199673278
• ISBN-10: 0199673276
• Artikelnr.: 40305030

Autorenporträt

Mark I. Johnson, Professor of Pain and Analgesia, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* 2: TENS for pain management
* 3: TENS equipment, techniques and biophysical principles
* 4: Appropriate electrode sites and electrical characteristics for
TENS
* 5: Contraindications, precautions and adverse events
* 6: Evaluating TENS on a new patient - the supervised trial
* 7: Practicalities of using TENS for specific conditions and
situations
* 8: Clinical research on the efficacy of TENS
* 9: Mechanism of action of TENS
* 10: The use of TENS for non-painful conditions
* 11: TENS-like devices
* 12: Future directions