CRITICAL REVIEW OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS)

Abstract

Between the different Modalities for pain management Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is one of them, which is safe, very effective, painless, transcutaneous and cost-effective modality. It is mostly used in Arthritis and different type of other pains such as joint pain, neck, lower and upper back pain, Fibromyalgia, Muscle pain and also in Neuropathic pain etc. In this paper description of TENS and its mode of action is elaborated.