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Clinical Trial
. 1981 Oct;11(2):233-240.
doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(81)90008-7.

Treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Philip Taylor  1 , Mark Hallett, Lorraine Flaherty
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Clinical Trial

Treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Philip Taylor et al. Pain. 1981 Oct.

Abstract

Ten patients with pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee were treated in a double-blind cross-over study with two weeks of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and placebo. There was statistically significant pain relief by TENS and half of the patients chose to continue using TENS for pain control after the test month. However, at one year's follow-up, only two patients had sufficient benefit to continue using the device.

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