The analgesic effects of interferential (IF) current on cold-pressor pain in healthy subjects: a single blind trial of three IF currents against sham IF and control.
Interferential (IF) therapy is well documented as a therapeutic medium for pain relief. Despite widespread use by physiotherapists, there remains very limited laboratory or clinical evidence for the analgesic effect of IF.Fifty volunteers were randomly allocated to one of five groups (n=10): control...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Theory & Practice Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 99 - 108 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2003
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