Effectiveness of Interferential Current Therapy in the Management of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Author(s) -
Jorge Fuentes,
Susan Armijo Olivo,
David J. Magee,
Douglas P. Gross
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20090335
Subject(s) - medicine , cochrane library , cinahl , medline , physical therapy , meta analysis , randomized controlled trial , placebo , confidence interval , rehabilitation , systematic review , manual therapy , psychological intervention , alternative medicine , surgery , pathology , political science , psychiatry , law
Interferential current (IFC) is a common electrotherapeutic modality used to treat pain. Although IFC is widely used, the available information regarding its clinical efficacy is debatable.
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