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Article: Effects of high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on limb blood flow in healthy humans.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- April 1, 1994
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[Indergand HJ, Morgan BJ Effects of high-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on limb blood flow in healthy humans. Phys Ther. 1994;74:361-367.]
Key Words: Regional blood flow, Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation.
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used for pain management for more than 20 years. The effects of TENS on circulation, however, are incompletely understood. In patients with chronic pain and in healthy subjects, application of high-frequency TENS over peripheral nerves at intensities below the threshold for motor unit activation has been shown to increase regional blood flow.[1,2] In contrast, ...