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TENS vs sham TENS: Pain intensity (end of intervention, unidentified 0‐10 scale)

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
TENS vs sham TENS
Post‐intervention pain intensity (VAS 0‐10) · adults with neuropathic pain
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for neuropathic pain in adults (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted5 studies · 207 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for neuropathic pain in adults
2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

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