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... > Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
... > Therapeutics > Patient Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Comprehensive Health Care > Primary Health Care > Continuity of Patient Care > Aftercare > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine > Rehabilitation > Physical Therapy Modalities > Electric Stimulation Therapy > Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
Anesthesia and Analgesia > Analgesia > Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Preferred term

Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The use of specifically placed small electrodes to deliver electrical impulses across the SKIN to relieve PAIN. It is used less frequently to produce ANESTHESIA.

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Entry terms

  • Electrical Stimulation, Transcutaneous
  • Electric Stimulation, Transcutaneous
  • Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
  • Percutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
  • TENS
  • Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
  • Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation
  • Transdermal Electrostimulation

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CTJZ7SPN-P

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