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. 2002 Jan 21;2002(1):CD002123. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002123
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)