| Pain relief ‐ descriptive data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Pain scale used | HF TENS | LF TENS | Conclusion |
| Thomas 1995 | Total Pain on 100mm VAS scale ‐ measured 3 x day for 3 days ‐ Max score 900 Pretreatment score mean: 375 std dev: 157 | mean: 553 std dev: 128 n: 12 | mean: 245 std dev: 187 n: 12 | Low frequency TENS more likely to reduce pain than High frequency TENS (using ANOVA p<0.05) |