Widely used device for pain therapy not recommended for chronic low back pain
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 21:28
in Health & Medicine
A new guideline issued by the American Academy of Neurology finds that transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, 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.