Online Continuing Education Courses

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

• Discuss the use of TENS and acupuncture for pain management and list 5 indications and contraindications/risks.
• Describe and analyze 2 principles underpinning various techniques of TENS and acupuncture
• Describe the research supporting the analgesic mechanisms of action of TENS and acupuncture.
• Summarize clinical research evidence on clinical effectiveness for TENS and acupuncture
• Discuss why the clinical experience of outcome when using TENS and acupuncture sometimes differs from some of the clinical research findings.