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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 Placebo Conclusion
Placebo TENS
Thomas 1995 Total Pain measure on 100mm VAS 3 x day for 3 days 
 Max score = 900 
 Pretreatment scores 
 mean: 375 
 std dev: 157 mean: 353 
 std dev: 128 
 n=12 mean: 387 
 std dev: 167 
 n=12 No difference between High frequency TENS and Placebo TENS in reducing pain (using ANOVA, p>0.05)