Guideline: Widely used device for pain therapy not recommended for chronic low back pain
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 20:49
in Health & Medicine
A new guideline issued by the American Academy of Neurology finds that transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS), a widely used pain therapy involving a portable device, is not recommended to treat chronic low-back pain - pain that has persisted for three months or longer - because research shows it is not effective.