Patients with fibromyalgia who underwent transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation demonstrated significant improvements in pain vs. those who received physical therapy only, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.
Kathleen A. Sluka, PT, PhD, FAPTA, professor of physical therapy and rehabilitation science at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and colleagues aimed to assess transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain in combination with physical therapy in a cohort of 459 patients with fibromyalgia.
Participants from 28 outpatient clinics across six

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