What makes transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation work? Making sense of the mixed results in the clinical literature

KA Sluka, JM Bjordal, S Marchand, BA Rakel - Physical therapy, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a nonpharmacological treatment for
control of pain. It has come under much scrutiny lately with the Center for Medicare Services …

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a systematic review

A Khadilkar, S Milne, L Brosseau, G Wells, P Tugwell… - Spine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Systematic review. Objective. To determine the effectiveness of
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in the management of chronic LBP …

Literature review and meta-analysis of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in treating chronic back pain

LC Wu, PW Weng, CH Chen, YY Huang… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2018 - rapm.bmj.com
Background and Objectives This study is a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
comparing the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to a control and …

A meta-analysis of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic low back pain.

JJ Jauregui, JJ Cherian, CU Gwam… - Surgical technology …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Objective Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) may provide a safe alternative
to current side-effect-heavy narcotics and anti-inflammatories utilized in chronic low back …

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: current status of evidence

MI Johnson, G Jones - Pain management, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In the UK, NICE is in the processes of updating its guidance on the early management of
nonspecific low back pain and sciatica. The draft recommendations were released for public …

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for chronic low back pain.

S Milne, V Welch, L Brosseau, M Saginur… - … of systematic reviews, 2001 - europepmc.org
Background Low back pain (LBP) affects a large proportion of the population.
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) was introduced more than 30 years ago …

Efficacy of the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a meta-analysis

L Brosseau, S Milne, V Robinson, S Marchand, B Shea… - Spine, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Background. Low back pain affects a large proportion of the population. Transcutaneous
electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) was introduced more than 30 years ago as an alternative …

Using TENS for pain control: update on the state of the evidence

CGT Vance, DL Dailey, RL Chimenti, BJ Van Gorp… - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-pharmacological intervention
used in the treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. The first clinical studies on TENS …

Systematic review to inform a World Health Organization (WHO) clinical practice guideline: benefits and harms of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) …

L Verville, CA Hincapié, D Southerst, H Yu… - Journal of Occupational …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate benefits and harms of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
(TENS) for chronic primary low back pain (CPLBP) in adults to inform a World Health …

Meta‐analysis of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for relief of spinal pain

L Resende, E Merriwether, ÉP Rampazo… - … Journal of Pain, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis analysing the existing data on
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) or interferential current (IFC) for chronic …